Climate Change and Food

First, and biggest, the good news: the Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law just days ago, is a big step in the fight against climate change. Witness this very excited video detailing the bill, including the many ways it is poised to make a difference and a few, strange ways that pork barrel politics got some wins for Manchin. But also note with this Vox article that this big new policy seems to gloss over agriculture, an industry with issues.

Although the Beyond Burger hasn't been doing super well as of late, apparently failing to convince McDonalds that they should be on menus worldwide, there is still some room to be optimistic about "alt-meat." Building meat from raw (plant) materials results in less waste (i.e. animal parts), a lot of saved time waiting for animals to mature, and potentially may allow the same equipment to produce different products. 

Bottom line: Big Meat is still boss, but this fight isn't over....