McDonald's is testing two new Big Mac sizes—a larger Grand Mac, and a smaller Mac Jr. The Grand Mac becomes a third-pound burger with a bigger bun and two slices of cheese, while the Mac Jr. is a single patt
Where's an anti-vaxxer or anti-GMO protest when you need one? Specifically, we wonder where's the outrage over biotech mosquitoes? Haven't heard about Frankenskeeters? It's the buzz since the Zik
Friday's Youth Livestock Auction at the State Fair of Texas saw Clifford, the big red steer named Grand Champion, sell for a record $131,000. Fourteen-year-old Jagger Horn of Jones County 4-H, raised the steer and
We tried. Really! We tried ignoring Chipotle for a day but they just won't let us. Within the swirl of E. coli and norovirus-tainted burritos, and seemingly oblivious to the dragnet that captured one of its execut
Health officials are worried about the dangerous words of Robert DeNiro. The award-winning actor appeared on The Today Show yesterday encouraging people to see "Vaxxed: From Cover-up to Catastrophe," and rep
There's a red fox that has taken up residence under our tool shed in the backyard. Waiting, we suppose, for our neighbors to restock their backyard chicken coop after the last fox feast. Just what is it with peopl
Follow the money. That might be the best way to determine whether meatless meats become a disruptive technology for livestock producers or just another niche player in a multitrillion-dollar global protein industry.
A ballot initiative in Massachusetts poses grave consequences for animal agriculture. Initiative 15-11 would ban, within the state, the production and sale of eggs from hens and meat from pigs and calves kept in tight e
