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Meat Cutters Discover a New Steak

John Johnson — Sat, 19 May 2012 19:00:05 CDT

Good news for carnivores and not so good news for cattle: People who specialize in such things say they've found a new cut of beef from a cow called the "Vegas strip steak." Business Insider picks up on the weird scoop from the Drovers Cattle Network , which proclaims that the...

Sorry Locavores, Sustainable Meat Is a Myth

John Johnson — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:32:05 CDT

Lots of people these days are turning away from large-scale meat farms and toward smaller, organic farms. It's better for the animals and for the environment, right? Not nearly as much as most locavores think, writes James McWilliams in the New York Times . He's not defending factory farms—he hates...

Governors Defend Pink Slime by Eating It

Rob Quinn — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:29:26 CDT

Pink slime is perfectly safe to eat, but it has a bit of a PR problem, according to federal authorities and a coalition of at least four governors. Department of Agriculture officials say the "slime"—leftover beef trimmings sometimes treated with ammonium hydroxide—is actually a low-cost way of making...

Red Meat Linked to Early Death

Rob Quinn — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:00:00 CDT

Eating any amount of any kind of red meat on a regular basis raises your chances of dying early, according to Harvard researchers who may not find themselves invited to many barbecues this summer. The study—which looked at the eating habits and health of more than 100,000 adults...

On the Menu Soon: Petri Dish Hamburger

Mark Russell — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:53:27 CST

Get ready for the first lab-grown hamburger—on the menu for just $330,000. Dutch scientist Mark Post has announced that he intends to have a burger made entirely from lab-grown meat and animal fat ready for eating by October—cooked by three-star chef Heston Blumenthal, and served to a...

Why America Should Eat Horse

Evann Gastaldo — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:00:05 CST

When Congress lifted the ban on funding horse meat inspections , no one exactly cheered, because Americans find the idea of eating horse meat “gross.” But maybe it’s time to get over “our national revulsion” against the stuff, writes Josh Ozersky in Time . For one thing, since horse meat is so...

Why We Stopped Being Vegetarians

Kevin Spak — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:25:05 CST

For long stretches of their lives, Nicolette Niman, Tovar Cerulli and Joshua Applestone were all vegetarians or vegans. Now, they’re a rancher, a hunter, and a butcher, respectively, who “firmly believe food from animals can be healthful, environmentally appropriate, and ethical,” they write in the Atlantic . Their stories: Nicolette: She...

Horse Slaughterhouses Could Soon Rise Again

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:18:36 CST

When Congress passed a spending bill earlier this month to keep the government from shutting down, it quietly lifted a funding ban on horse meat inspections—meaning horses can once again be butchered in the US for human consumption, and slaughterhouses could open within 30 to 90 days. The US...

Don't Eat Baby Animals ... They Just Don't Taste Good

Kate Schwartz — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:42:43 CDT

Josh Ozersky is a James Beard award-winning food writer, but he's no morality cop: In an essay for Time , he admits to eating our planet's wee creatures: "veal cutlets, suckling pigs, spring lambs, game hens." And he has come to terms with that. But he does want to share one...