9 May 2023
Analysis finds the carbon footprint of cultivated meat is likely to be higher than beef if current production methods are scaled up because they are still highly energy-intensive
2 May 2022
A study of nearly 9000 children and their diets found that about 6 per cent of vegetarians were classed as underweight, compared with around 3 per cent of the meat eaters
2 March 2021
Cow muscle cells have been persuaded to grow in long strands similar to muscle fibres that even contract, raising hopes that artificial meat could mimic steaks
16 July 2020
Around 20 per cent of the beef and soya the Euopean Union imports from Brazil has been linked to illegal deforestation in the Amazon rainforest and Cerrado savanna
6 July 2020
Scientists have urged people to eat less meat and dairy after finding livestock farming singlehandedly exceeds “planetary boundaries” for nitrogen pollution
5 December 2019
The slaughter of half of China’s pigs due to the African swine fever virus raging across Asia and Europe has helped drive world food prices to a two-year high
