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Tequila May Pass Vodka as U.S.'s Most Popular Spirit

By Aryn Baker

The Climate Impact of Italy's Plan to Ban Lab-Grown Meat

By Aryn Baker

Now Weed is Mostly Legal, Hemp Should Be Booming. But It's Not

By Aryn Baker

Chocolate Companies Ranked by Sustainabilty

By Aryn Baker
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You Can Now Calculate Your Grocery List's Carbon Footprint

A new tool lists the emissions of 10,000 grocery store items. Here's what it's like to try and create a more climate-friendly grocery list.

By Aryn Baker

Scientists Rank The Healthiest Diets for You and the Planet

From vegan to keto, a new study evaluates the climate and health impacts of popular American diets.

By Aryn Baker

Lab Grown Meat Can Be Kosher, Says Israel's Head Rabbi

Israel's head rabbi says that cultivated beef could be considered kosher. But the head of the Orthodox Union disagrees.

By Aryn Baker

Funding to Research Agriculture's Climate Impact Lacking

Federal and private funding to support climate research at U.S. land-grant universities doesn't match scale of agriculture's impact.

By Aryn Baker

Agroforestry Could Save Brazil’s Rain Forests

A movement in Brazil is reimagining agriculture to save the industry—and the rain forest.

By Ciara Nugent/Timburi, Brazil

Israel Is the Center of Alternative Meat Tech

Israel has become the center of lab-grown meat and alternative protein technologies, thanks to its geopolitics, climate, and culture.

By Aryn Baker / Tel Aviv, Israel

Thanksgiving Food Waste Is Out of Control

Americans waste nearly three times more food on Thanksgiving than on a typical day. Here's how to deal with leftovers.

By Emily Barone

Study: The Most Climate Friendly Pet Food

A new study compares the environmental impact of different types of cat and dog food.

By Aryn Baker

FDA Greenlights First Cultivated Meat Company

Upside Foods is just a few steps away from selling lab-grown chicken in the U.S. market.

By Aryn Baker / Berkeley, Calif

TIME Tastes World's First Cultivated Steak

We tried the world’s first lab-grown steak, no cows required.

By Aryn Baker/ Rehovot, Israel

Extreme Heat Is Stressing Cows, Risking Global Dairy Supply

Heat and drought are straining the world's dairy cows, threatening the supply of everything from butter to baby formula.

By Elizabeth Elkin and Pratik Parija/Bloomberg

How Healthy Soil can be a Powerful Climate Solution

More and more companies are relying on regenerative agriculture—based on old farming practices—to help maintain and restore soil health

By Jennifer Fergesen

Climate Change Worsening Africa's Food Crisis

While exacerbating droughts and floods, climate change also fuels migration and makes food imports less reliable.

By Emily Barone

The 'Slow Food' Movements Wants to Stop Climate Change

Farmers gathered in Italy to lament climate change's impact on their crops, and discuss climate-safe alternatives

By Aryn Baker

Bill Gates on Climate Action: Rich Nations Must Help Africa

TIME speaks with Bill Gates about what rich countries owe the rest of the world when it comes to climate change adaptation

By Aryn Baker

Dutch Farmer Protests Show How Messy Climate Action Will Be

Tackling climate change means rapid, wholesale transformation of the global food system.

By Ciara Nugent
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