The Epoch Times By Martha Rosenberg Most people have heard of the drug companies Pfizer, Eli Lilly, and Merck. But they may not have heard of the animal-drug companies Fort Dodge, Elanco, or Intervet and the drugs they make. “Animal Pharma,” the animal-drug divisions within drug companies, tends to operate under the public’s radar. First,… Read more »

National Geographic by Maryn McKenna By now, I suspect, most people concerned with the provenance of meat have a clear mental image of what concentrated production looks like.  Take chicken, the meat we Americans eat more than any other: industrial chicken lives out its life in walled houses with tens of thousands of other birds,… Read more »

Food Babe by Vani Hari One of the things I love to do every year is visit The Natural Products Expo, I go to both shows every year (west coast and east coast) to see the types of natural products food companies are creating and meet the founders behind them. Every year I see more… Read more »

Huffington Post By Danielle Gould Until now, food innovation happened behind closed doors at a few select multinational corporations. But as the Internet and technology are democratizing virtually every industry — like healthcare and publishing — the sustainable food industry has an opportunity to level the playing field with industrial food. As the staple of… Read more »

Statesville Record & Landmark (link no longer available) By Bethany Fuller Sam Dobson whistled while he walked onto one of the grass fields where he grazes beef cattle. “Come on,” he yelled to the grass-fed herd at the bottom of the hill. The Angus and Hereford cattle seemed to think about coming up for a moment… Read more »

Farmers can have just a few animals killed, then sell the meat nearby Chicago Tribune By Steve Mills, Tribune reporter BONFIELD, Ill.– Kim Snyder built her farm in this small community west of Kankakee on the principles of organic farming and local food. But bringing her livestock to slaughter in a way that helps her… Read more »

The New York Times By KIM SEVERSON MOVIES about food used to make you want to eat. The decade that spanned the mid-1980s to mid-1990s was particularly fruitful. It took heroic resolve to walk out of the Japanese spaghetti western “Tampopo” and not head directly to a ramen bar. Cooks spent entire months trying to… Read more »