Rethink Food: Gro Intelligence, Accounting for Climate Change
Menker’s current big concern—“I have new nightmares now”—is rising food inflationas countries including Russia, Ukraine, Argentina and Indonesia raise taxes or limit exports on products like wheat, palm oil and corn to protect domestic supplies. Still, she is fundamentally hopeful. “If you think about so many of the world’s challenges today, it’s about this tension between ecological preservation and economic growth,” she says. “That tension doesn’t need to be there, and I’m hoping that one of the things that we do is find a way to reconcile that.”
Rethink Food: Opinion | Let’s Launch a Moonshot for Meatless Meat
I’m a vegan, but I’m also a realist. There’s no chance humanity is going to give up meat, en masse, anytime soon. That said, we can’t just wish away the risks of industrial animal agriculture. If we don’t end this system, soon, terrible things will happen to us and to the planet. Terrible things are already happening.
Rethink Food: The Carbon Market Gold Rush in American Agriculture
Agriculture accounts for 10% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Industry giants and startups are setting up carbon credits as Biden’s Green plan gains momentum.
Rethink Food: An Argument for Investing Where the Return Is Social Change
A new report makes the case for investments that consider impact first and financial return second. But critics say such investments are mainly for the wealthy.
Rethink Food: Opinion | Is the Burger Nearing Extinction?
Meat has more competition — and less justification — than ever before.