Gabriel N. Rosenberg

@gnrosenberg

A drag analysis of “bootgate”

The meat culture war may seem goofy. It’s deadly serious.

Biden’s crackdown on Big Meat aims to increase competition to bring prices down. But cheap meat depends on ignoring the product’s true cost.

The USDA has become an inefficient monster that often promotes products that are bad for consumers and the environment. Let’s replace it with a Department of Food.

The purveyors of “grass-fed” beef want you to believe that it solves meat’s environmental problem. But this is merely a branding exercise, not a climate solution.

The rise of cellular agriculture will force consumers to consider the moral consequences of torturing and killing animals for food.

Big Agriculture’s artificial insemination is abusive. Most states have rewritten old laws to absolve it—but some haven’t.

Meat consumption is the third rail in climate politics. But no amount of ingenuity is going to make feedlots good for the environment.