see also
Milk and Dairy Products
Meat Eating
Climate Change
Factory Farms

In the News . . .

• High steaks society: who are the 12% of people consuming half of all beef in the US? -- The Guardian (20 October 2023)
  
  
• More than 800m Amazon trees felled in six years to meet beef demand -- The Guardian (02 June 2023)
  
  
• Biden v Big Meat: Can the US tackle rising beef prices? -- BBCNews (01 October 2021)
  
  
• Food fraud probe into beef falsely labelled as British -- BBCNews (09 March 2023)
  
  
• India urges citizens to ‘hug a cow’ on Valentine’s Day -- The Guardian (09 February 2023)
  
  
• Shared from BBC:The Wagyu Olympics: The quest for the world's best beef -- The Guardian (06 October 2022)
  
  
• ‘These cows saved my life’: the Queensland farm offering healing cattle cuddles -- The Guardian (13 August 2022)
  
  
• Demand for Italian Beef Is Booming. Thank ‘The Bear’ -- The New York Times (09 August 2022)
  
  
• British farmers face paying for border checkpoints in EU after Brexit halts exports -- The Guardian (06 August 2022)
  
  
• Swapping 20% of beef for microbial protein ‘could halve deforestation -- The Guardian (04 May 2022)
  
  
• US beef industry emerges from Biden’s climate pledges ‘relatively unscathed’ -- The Guardian (07 March 2022)
  
  
• What Does the End of Beef Mean for Our Sense of Self? -- The New York Times (03 March 2022)
  
  
• Michigan beef found to contain dangerous levels of ‘forever chemicals’ -- The Guardian (11 February 2022)
  
  
• Bean burrito or beef burrito? Restaurants try messages on menus to help diners order less meat -- BBCNews (26 January 2022)
  
  
• Uttar Pradesh: Why deadly cow attacks are an issue in Indian state election -- BBCNews (25 January 2022)
  
  
• Food myths busted: dairy, salt and steak may be good for you after all -- The Guardian (26 September 2021)
  
  
• It’s not the cow, it’s the how’: why a long-time vegetarian became beef’s biggest champion -- The Guardian (30 August 2021)
  
  
• Meat wars: why Biden wants to break up the powerful US beef industry -- The Guardian (25 August 2021)
  
  
• What’s the beef with cows and the climate crisis? -- The Guardian (27 October 2021)
  
  
• Eat this to save the world! The most sustainable foods – from seaweed to venison -- The Guardian (29 June 2021)
  
  
• Your Steak Is More Expensive, but Cattle Ranchers Are Missing Out -- The New York Times (23 June 2021)
  
  
• Russian Cybercriminal Group Was Behind Meat Plant Attack, F.B.I. Says -- The New York Times (02 June 2021)
  
  
• Extremely rare three-eyed cow born on Welsh beef farm -- Yahoo!News (14 May 2021)
  
  
• Epicurious Has a Beef With Beef -- The New York Times (27 April 2021)
  
  
• Italian beef is the next plant-based frontier -- The Takeout (26 April 2021)
  
  
• NYTimes.com: It’s Dinner Time on the Space Station. Lobster or Beef Bourguignon? -- The New York Times (22 April 2021)
  
  
• Climate change: Consumer pose 'growing threat' to tropical forests -- BBCNews (29 March 2021)
  
  
• Eating up the rainforest: China’s taste for beef drives exports from Brazil -- The Guardian (16 March 2021)
  
  
• Nebraska takes aim at Colorado’s meat-free day by declaring it's own pro-meat day -- The Guardian (15 March 2021)
  
  
• The foods that reverse climate change -- BBCfuture (28 January 2021)
  
  
• Saving the Amazon Starts With Cleaning Up the Beef Industry -- Bloomberg Green (17 December 2020)
  
  
• What’s the deal with Certified Angus Beef? -- The Takeout (07 December 2020)
  
  
• Is There Such a Thing as Sustainable Beef? -- epicurious (05 October 2020)
  
  
• BBC News: UK beef exports to US resume after more than 20 years -- BBCNews (30 September 2020)
  
  
• 'A savagely broken food system': Cory Booker wants radical reform ... now -- The Guardian (15 September 2020)
  
  
• 'Beef or chicken?' What $2 airline meals taste like on the ground -- The Guardian (03 September 2020)
  
  
• Is the way cattle are grazed the key to saving America's prairies? -- The Guardian (19 August 2020)
  
  
• BBC News: Amazon soya and beef exports 'linked to deforestation' -- BBCNews (18 July 2020)
  
  
• Beef fraud: Counterfeit products the biggest threat to supply chain -- FoodNavigator (18 July 2020)
  
  
• US farmers' beef with Burger King over cow fart ad -- BBCnews (16 July 2020)
  
  
• 3 Myths About Livestock and Climate Change Debunked -- AbWeb (10 July 2020)
  
  
• US rivers and lakes are shrinking for a surprising reason: cows -- The Guardian (02 July 2020)
  
  
• The Business of Burps: Scientists Smell Profit in Cow Emissions -- The New York Times (01 May 2020)
  
  
• Belching Cows and Endless Feedlots: Fixing Cattle’s Climate Issues -- The New York Times (21 April 2020)
  
  
• The Food Chain’s Weakest Link: Slaughterhouses -- The New York Times (18 April 2020)
  
  
• Can charcoal make beef better for the environment? -- BBCFuturePlanet (06 February 2020)
  
  
• Most U.S. dairy cows are descended from just two bulls - and that's not good -- MPRNews (19 October 2019)
  
  
• Dynamite vs. dairy cows: The odd legal foundations of Minneapolis labor law -- MPRNews (03 October 2019)
  
  
• Does this schnitzel define Vienna? -- BBCtravel (06 August 2019)
  
  
• The cows that could help fight climate change -- BBCfuture (07 August 2019)
  
  
• 'Are a cow's farts the worst for the planet?' Children's climate questions answered -- The Guardian (29 June 2019)
  
  
• Animal feedlots are a likely threat to drinking water in Minnesota, says report -- The Guardian (28 May 2020)
  
  
• Beef fraud: Counterfeit products the biggest threat to supply chain horse meat -- FOODnavigator (12 May 2020)
  
  
• Archaeologists discover 'first beer ever brewed in the UK' -- Sky News (31 January 2019)
  
  
• The price of plenty: how beef changed America -- The Guardian (07 May 2018)
  
  
• Have we hit ‘peak beef’? -- The Guardian (16 March 2018)
  
  
• Beef scare: Polish bad meat spreads to 11 EU states -- BBCNews (21 January 2019)
  
  
• Horsemeat scandal: Trial of firms accused of selling horse as beef opens in Paris -- BBCNews (21 January 2019)
  
  
• Why eating less meat is the best thing you can do for the planet in 2019 -- The Guardian (21 December 2018)
  
  
• Climate change food calculator: What's your diet's carbon footprint? -- BBCNews (13 December 2018)
  
  
• McDonald's to curb use of antibiotics in its beef supply -- The Guardian (11 December 2018)
  
  
• Lab-grown meat of the future is here – and may even sustainably fill demand -- The Guardian (29 November 2018)
  
  
• My ethics epiphany: Former beef-specialist chef launches cricket protein brand to combat damaging meat industry -- FOODnavigator (17 October 2018)
  
  
• Climate change: Report says 'cut lamb and beef' -- BBCNews (15 November 2018)
  
  
• Inside a bustling microcosm of rural Ireland -- BBCNews (19 October 2018)
  
  
• Huge reduction in meat-eating ‘essential’ to avoid climate breakdown -- The Guardian (10 October 2018)
  
  
• Climate change: What would you be prepared to do? -- BBCNews (08 October 2018)
  
  
• My beef with Jordan Peterson's all-cow diet -- The Guardian (19 September 2018)
  
  
• My carnivore diet: what I learned from eating only beef, salt and water -- The Guardian (11 September 2018)
  
  
• All-plant Impossible Burger and its 'blood' are safe, FDA says -- MPRNews (26 July 2018)
  
  
• Rising global meat consumption 'will devastate environment' -- The Guardian (19 July 2018)
  
  
• Fake chews? New Zealand MP fears 'existential threat' of synthetic burgers -- The Guardian (04 July 2018)
  
  
• Meat and fish multinationals 'jeopardising Paris climate goals' -- The Guardian (30 May 2018)
  
  
• The new food: meet the startups racing to reinvent the meal -- The Guardian (30 April 2018)
  
  
• Can Responsible Grazing Make Beef Climate-Neutral? -- VALERIE BROWN, CivilEats (10 April 2018)
  
  
• Cowbell dispute rings out in tranquil Bavarian town -- BBC News (03 December 2018)
  
  
• Could AI help to create a meat-free world? -- BBCFuture (15 December 2017)
  
  
• A Nasty, Nafta-Related Surprise: Mexico’s Soaring Obesity -- The New York Times (11 December 2017)
  
  
• Vast animal-feed crops to satisfy our meat needs are destroying planet -- The Guardian (05 October 2017)
  
  
• Animal agriculture is choking the ​Earth and making us sick. We must act now -- The Guardian (04 December 2017)
  
  
• What If Everyone Ate Beans Instead of Beef? -- The Atlantic (25 September 2017)
  
  
• Industrial meat production is killing our seas. It's time to change our diets -- The Guardian (04 August 2017)
  
  
• Meat industry blamed for largest-ever 'dead zone' in Gulf of Mexico -- The Guardian (01 August 2017)
  
  
• ABC, meat producer settle in $1.9 billion 'pink slime' libel suit -- MPRNews (28 June 2017)
  
  
• #NotInMyName: Indians protest against 'beef lynching' -- BBCNews (28 June 2017)
  
  
• Muslims on India train assaulted 'because they ate beef' -- BBCNews (24 June 2017)
  
  
• Coconut oil 'as unhealthy as beef fat and butter' -- BBCNews (16 June 2017)
  
  
• The consequences if the world decided to go meat-free -- BBCFuture (12 June 2017)
  
  
• Is India's ban on cattle slaughter 'food fascism'? -- BBCNews (02 June 2017)
  
  
• No bull: The plural of 'beef' is 'beeves.' -- WA Afternoons, ABC Radio Perth (26 April 2017)
  
  
• Chew On This For Earth Day: How Our Diets Impact The Planet -- The Salt, NPR (22 April 2017)
  
  
• The Global Dangers of Industrial Meat -- Civil Eats (29 March 2017)
  
  
• To save the planet, give cows better pasture -- MPRNews (13 February 2017)
  
  
• Coney Island: The life and death of a lonely Singapore cow -- BBCnews (16 October 2016)
  
  
• ABC's Diane Sawyer asks that 'pink slime' case be dismissed -- NPRNews (07 October 2016)
  
  
• US farmers go 'natural' for profits -- BBCNews (19 September 2016)
  
  
• Google street view blurs cow's face in Cambridge -- BBCNews (15 September 2016)
  
  
• Livestock Insurance Helps African Herders Survive Droughts -- Science (02 September 2011)
  
  
• Weird foods only a local could love [Huitlacoche] -- BBCtravel (05 July 2016)
  
  
• Ancient Roman Tavern Found Littered with Patrons' Drinking Bowls -- LiveScience (09 March 2016)
  
  
  • Photos: Ancient Roman Tavern Served Wine, Fish and Flatbread -- LiveScience (09 March 2016)
    
    
• How many cars and burping cows equal the California gas leak? -- BBCNews (11 January 2016)
  
  
• New dietary guidelines crack down on sugar, but red meat gets a pass -- MPRNews (07 January 2016)
  
  
• Was that steak raised in the USA? Soon, it'll be hard to know -- MPRNews (17 December 2015)
  
  
• Party Like It's 2500 B.C.: Feasts at Stonehenge Were Epic Barbecues -- NPR (09 December 2015)
  
  
• A Camera That Sees Methane -- Discover (04 December 2015)
  
  
• Crazy clip shows what happens when you connect gas bags to cows -- Grist (03 December 2015)
  
  
• Scientists finally get under the skin of a 13th century publishing mystery -- Guardian (23 November 2015)
  
  
• The culinary habits of the Stonehenge builders -- Phys.org (13 October 2015)
  
  
• Inside the world's largest food company you've probably never heard of -- MPRNews (10 July 2015)
  
  
• The size of domestic animals has increased over time - Phys.org (19 May 2015)
  
  
• Size Changes in Livestock: from Roman to Present Day -- Past Horizons (19 May 2015)
  
  
• Study Identifies Potential Grass Route for Early African Cattle Herders -- Past Horizons (10 March 2015)
  
  
• Early herders' grassy route through Africa: Old teeth show Lake Victoria wasn't tsetse fly habitat -- ScienceDaily (09 March 2015)
  
  
• How do you solve a problem like the 'Beefalo'? -- BBC News (02 March 2015)
  
  
• The bull whose semen is worth $3,000 -- BBC News (10 February 2015)
  
  
• Beer, beef and Politics: Findings at Viking Archaeological Site Show Power Trumping Practicality -- ScienceDaily (03 December 2014)
  
  
• Is this the original hamburger? -- BBC News (27 November 2014)
  
  
• DNA Find Reveals New Insights Into the History of Cattle in Europe -- Science Daily (29 July 2014)
  
  
• Domesticated African Cattle Originated in the Fertile Crescent -- Past Horizons (28 March 2014)
  
  
• Worldwide Patterns of Ancestry, Divergence, and Admixture in Domesticated Cattle -- PLoS Genetics (27 March 2014)
  
  
• Hemingway's burger -- BBCNews (12 February 2014)
  
  
• Meat’s large water footprint: why raising livestock and poultry for meat is so resource-intensive -- FoodTank (December 2013)
  
  
• Origins of Cattle Farming Uncovered in China -- Past Horizons (08 November 2013)
  
  
• Origins of Cattle Farming in China Uncovered -- ScienceDaily (08 November 2013)
  
  
• 'Beef' lynching: Failure of India's political imagination? -- BBC News (05 October 2013)
  
  
• Endangered Norwegian Livestock Hanging On -- ScienceNordic (03 October 2013)
  
  
• Indian man lynched over beef rumours -- BBC News (30 September 2013)
  
  
• A nation of tall cheese-eaters -- BBC News (29 September 2013)
  
• How to edit a cow -- MPR (18 September 2013)
  
  
• What Makes a Hamburger and Other Cooked Meat So Enticing to Humans? -- Washington Post (12 August 2013)
  
  
• A Tireless Connoisseur of Texas Barbecue Gets Ready for the Main Course [Daniel Vaughn set to become the barbecue editor at Texas Monthly] -- The New York Times (23 March 2013)
  
  
• Pachirat, Timothy. Every Twelve Seconds: Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight. Yale University Press, 2013.
  
  
• Gwynne, S.C. "The Last Ranchers: Get Along, Lonesome Ranchers." Texas Monthly, November 2012, pp. 120-127, 180,-184, 188, 210-214.
  
  
• 'Pink slime' beef production put on hold -- BBCNews (26 March 2012)
  
  'Pink slime' beef off US school menu-- BBCNews (15 March 2012)
  
  'Pink slime': Health crisis or misunderstood meat product? -- Christian Science Monitor (27 March 2012)
  
  'Pink Slime' Controversy Hurting Beef Demand, Tyson Says -- Wall Street Journal (27 March 2012)
  
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  "Pink slime" ire prompts key producer to close plants -- The Guardian (26 March 2012)
  
  
• Chances Are Pink Slime Is In Grocery Store Beef, Too -- Allison Aubrey, National Public Radio (16 March 2012)

• [video] American Meat
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• Breeds of Cattle --  CATTLE TODAY
  
  
• Cows Are Key to 2,500 Years of Human Progress -- Guardian (04 April 2010)
  
  
• Cows with Names Make More Milk -- LiveScience (27 January 2009)
  
  
• First Americans Brought Anthrax? -- National Geographic News (23 March 2009)
  
  
• Glued meat widespread -- Today/Tonight (13 April 2011)
  
  
• Indian Cows: Blessed Bovines! -- AboutReligion
  
  
• Kenyan Masai donate cows to US -- BBCNews (03 June 2002)
  
  
• Levenstein, Harvey. Fear of Food: A History of Why We Worry about What We Eat. University of Chicago Press, 2012.
  
  
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• Mad Cow Disease -- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  
  
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• USDA Economic Research Service
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• Holy Cow: Hinduism’s Sacred Animal -- Nature (08 June 2018)
  

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