Every day, Americans eat more than a half pound of meat per capita — one of the highest rates on the planet. The vast majority of it is produced with methods that abuse the environment, animals, ...

The primary problem with condemning factory farming while continuing to eat animals from nonindustrial sources comes down to this basic point: doing so demands selective moral consideration. This is ...

The argument that a vegetarian diet is more planet-friendly than a carnivorous one is straightforward: If we feed plants to animals, and then eat the animals, we use more resources and produce more ...

All too often, books about the effects of animal agriculture extol how smart and deeply sentient so-called "farm animals" are, tell us how they suffer immensely during their horrific lives on factory ...

Marine scientists have discovered that whale sharks eat plants, making the iconic fish the world's largest omnivore. Whale sharks are filter feeders and have long been observed eating krill at Western ...

New names and phrases used to describe consumer bases are regularly coined by the food and drink sector, and open-omnivore is the latest to emerge. But what does it mean? An omnivore is someone who ...

A study co-authored by University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa scientists suggests that Mylodon—a ground sloth that lived in South America until about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago—was not a strict vegetarian ...

A dish made with pork featured in ‘Omnivore.’ Photo Courtesy of Apple TV+. “Omnivore” is an informative food docuseries on Apple TV+, which is narrated by chef René Redzepi, who is also the co-owner ...

Many years ago, I moved to northeastern Brazil for a job. A colleague took me to meet a family we were working with in the semi-arid interior, a place of stark beauty but also poverty. The family were ...