Labels Getting A Fact Check

Labels Getting A Fact Check

You know all those fancy labels on meat…  “Grass-Fed,” “Free-Range,” “Raised Using Regenerative Agriculture Practices,” “Climate-Friendly,” “Raised Without Antibiotics.”  Well, now they need to be backed...
Talking in Circles: Circular Bioeconomy

Talking in Circles: Circular Bioeconomy

Circle up. There’s big hype right now for developing circular economies for sustainable production. (Think mitigating climate change, feeding a growing population.) The folks at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign developed a Circularity Index to measure how far...
The Yolk’s on Pilgrim’s Pride

The Yolk’s on Pilgrim’s Pride

Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation is shelling out some serious coin in a settlement claiming it underpaid contract growers. Context: Pilgrim’s Pride is a subsidiary of JBS. The plaintiffs, aka farmworkers, accused the corporation of an “overarching conspiracy to...