A little story of buttons the dog who invited herself into our sanctuary. She’d been left alone in the jungle as a puppy. I don’t think anybody could have predicted this ending… (1/6)

taking a stand tonight by not watching the debate tonight and instead absorbing secondhand dread from all the tiny faces on my phone

New on our Substack: GFI’s legislative director Pepin Tuma spoke to Wildtype founder and CEO Justin Kolbeck about the connection between food security and national security and the potential for cultivated meat + seafood to enhance both. Dig in: bit.ly/3KZMSHZ

This Robin Williams thread will brighten up your day 🧵 1. His improvised scene in Good Will Hunting made the cameraman laugh so hard the camera started shaking. Matt Damon's reaction is authentic.

👀 Check out this amazing #remote opportunity to join GFI's Science and Technology team as our first-ever Education and Workforce Development Specialist! Ready to help build the workforce that will create the #altprotein future? Apply today 👉 bit.ly/468Ju7q

🔥🔥🔥 Excellent editorial in nature, Nature Biotechnology - calls for government support for cultivated meat - for climate, food security, biodiversity, small farmers, animal welfare, & agroecology. Check it: nature.com/articles/s4158… nature

In May, the state of Florida passed an unconstitutional law banning the sale of cultivated meat, food that's inspected & deemed safe by FDA & USDA. Yesterday,Institute for Justice and @UPSIDEFoods filed a lawsuit to challenge that law. (1/3) Details via Matt Reynolds bit.ly/4dlxAKm

Pets across America watching the debate like

As climate and food-security pressures intensify, the world’s most populous continent sees clear opportunities to reimagine meat — just as it did for affordable solar panels. go.nature.com/3XQjQlx

“The seas are just so incredibly, incredibly hot. Record hot, as you might imagine. You know what’s driving that. I don’t need to tell you. Global warming, climate change, leading to this. And becoming an increasing threat.”

Everyone wants to think *their* supplier or their local farm isn’t a CAFO, but news flash: almost every farmed animal in America today lives on a CAFO. Our belief to the contrary is the result of marketers playing to our desperate desire to see ourselves as decent people.

.The Good Food Institute is in Fast Company! "For every 2 pounds of beef we buy, nearly 4,000 gallons of water are required. But what if—and this message is coming from the grandson of a Texas cattle rancher—we skipped that step? "

Nearly all livestock animals in the U.S. are factory-farmed. In fact, it’s estimated that three-quarters of land livestock, including cows, chickens and pigs, are factory-farmed. That means that at any given time, around 23 billion animals are on these farms. 🧵

Increasingly, the meat, milk, and eggs we eat come from mega factory farms, which house 5x, 10x, or 90x as many animals than what the govt. considers a "large" farm. I talked to people who live near them — about the stench, the flies, and more: vox.com/future-perfect…

Super Sunday. Good day for Football. Bad day for Chickens. Indeed, every day is a bad day for Chickens. While you gnosh on wings today I offer this annual reminder that in the US, we lay, hatch, grow, slaughter, bring to market, buy, cook, and eat, one million chickens per hour.

kylie being front row for all this is kinda like pete davidson being front row at aretha franklin's funeral when you really think about it

Excited for my fourth Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) conference in sunny Phoenix this week ☀️ Come say hi, get some swag and talk to us about the future of food 🌎 #SEJ2025

I was deeply moved from hearing and reading the stories of slaughterhouse workers' struggles with PTSD and other mental health challenges. I think you will be too: vox.com/future-perfect…

Meat substitutes are getting a lot of flak. Plant-based: Dumb fad. Lab-grown: Silly fantasy. But solar took 5 decades to get big. Biotech meat is barely 1 decade old. We’re an innovative species, and alternative meat could still get as good as alternative energy.

Dairy farms are often portrayed as quaint and bucolic, but they're some of the most dangerous workplaces. This is a heartbreaking story, not uncommon, and also preventable -- if Congress is willing to strengthen labor laws and fund OSHA.