meat

Supply chain

Reports: Sainsbury's to stock plant-based meat next to real meat in its chillers

400 of retailer's larger supermarkets to stock vegan-friendly 'fake meats' designed to be as close to the real thing as possible

clock 11 June 2018 • 2 min read

Climate change

Avoiding meat and dairy is 'single biggest way' to reduce your impact on Earth

Biggest analysis to date reveals huge footprint of livestock - it provides just 18 per cent of calories but takes up 83 per cent of farmland

clock 01 June 2018 • 5 min read

Climate change

Too much meat? UK diets among the most carbon intensive

New rankings reveal carbon impact of diets around the world, as beef consumption pushes Argentina to worldwide top spot for most polluting plates

clock 08 May 2018 • 1 min read

Politics

Defra beefs up civil servant headcount as it grapples with Brexit challenge

Department at the heart of major post-Brexit environmental policy challenges has hired 1,150 new staff members

clock 30 April 2018 • 2 min read

Marketing

Market for 'alternative meats' set to hit $5.2bn by 2020

Global shift towards plant-based eating set to drive huge market opportunity - but only a few food giants are ready to take advantage

clock 14 February 2018 • 2 min read
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