Public Scholarship

Essays & op-eds

“Do Not Pin Your Hopes for Guilt-Free Hamburgers on Seaweed.” The New Republic. October 28, 2024.

“You’re wrong about PETA.” Vox. August 8, 2024.

“How rioting farmers unraveled Europe’s ambitious climate plan.” Vox. May 2, 2024.

“Why New York is suing the world’s biggest meat company.” Vox. March 8, 2024.

“Never trust green meat.” The New Republic. December 14, 2023.

“The turkey pardon is a perfect emblem of our very dumb politics.” The New Republic. November 22, 2023.

“Ireland isn’t culling cows for climate. But maybe they should be?” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. October 25, 2023.

“The B.S. Behind the USDA’s New ‘Climate-Friendly Beef’ Label.” The New Republic.  September 5, 2023. (w/ Matthew Hayek)

“Why Right-Wingers are so Afraid of Men Eating Vegetables.” The New Republic. April 17, 2023. (w/ Gabriel Rosenberg)

“The viral story of a girl and her goat explains how the meat industry indoctrinates children.” Vox. April 5, 2023. (w/ Gabriel Rosenberg)

“China’s Pig High-Rises Are Horrifying. So Are America’s Factory Farms.” The New Republic. February 15, 2023.

“How the Meat Industry Undermines Effective Climate Policy.” The New Republic. November 14, 2022. (w/ Spencer Roberts) (Spanish translation in El Salto).

“The Vegan Protesters Spilling Milk in Supermarkets Are Right.” The New Republic. October 20, 2022.

“Climate-Smart Farming Is a Lot Harder Than the Inflation Reduction Act Makes It Sound.” The New Republic. August 2, 2022. (w/ Matthew Hayek)

“Why America’s Far Right and Far Left Have Aligned Against Helping Ukraine.” Foreign Policy. July 4, 2022. (w/ Dominik Stecuła)

“The Legal Fight Over California’s Ban on Cruel Animal Cages Will Have National Repercussions.” The New Republic. June 29, 2022. (w/ Jeff Sebo)

“Getting Real About Fake Meat.” Food Tank. May 20, 2022. (w/ Garrett Broad)

“‘Neutrality’ Won’t Protect Ukraine.” The New Republic. March 22, 2022. (w/ Jan Smolenski)

“The American Pundits Who Can’t Resist ‘Westsplaining’ Ukraine.” The New Republic. March 4, 2022. (w/ Jan Smolenski) (Polish translation in Krytyka Polityczna.)

“Should We Be Breeding Pigs Just for Their Hearts?” The New Republic. January 20, 2022.

“Don’t Make Meat Cheaper. Make It Much More Expensive.” The New Republic. January 6, 2022. (w/ Gabriel Rosenberg)

“Abolish the Department of Agriculture.” The New Republic. December 27, 2021. (w/ Gabriel Rosenberg)

“Curb Your Food Tech Enthusiasm.” WIRED. November 27, 2021.

“Yes, plant-based meat is better for the planet: The environmental debate over meatless meat, explained.” Vox. November 18, 2021. (w/ Matthew Hayek)

“‘Bluewashing’ Seafood Won't Make the World More Green.” WIRED. October 24, 2021. (w/ Spencer Roberts)

“What Should We Call Lab Meat? (Probably Not ‘Lab Meat.’)” The New Republic. October 5, 2021. (w/ Sarah Garland)

“The Myth of Regenerative Ranching.” The New Republic. September 23, 2021. (w/ Gabriel Rosenberg)

“The Truth Behind the Great Bacon Shortage of 2022.” The New Republic. August 10, 2021.

“Can Lab-Grown Meat Really Solve Our Food Problems?” The Guardian (The Long Read). July 29, 2021. (w/ Gabriel Rosenberg) (Audio version.)

“How Do You Convince People to Eat Less Meat?” The New Republic. July 28, 2021. (Spanish translation in El Saltio.)

“‘Pig’ Cuts Straight Through American Foodie Hypocrisy.” The New Republic. July 23, 2021.

“Toward a Just Food System.” Dissent. Summer 2021. pp. 197-203 (w/Gabriel Rosenberg)

“Labriculture Now.” Logic. Issue 13. 2021. pp. 95-110. (w/ Gabriel Rosenberg)

“John Kerry Doesn’t Understand How Cows Work.” The New Republic. May 19, 2021.

“Banning Chicken Cages Won’t Make Eggs Humane.” The New Republic. March 23, 2021.

“Want Carbon-Neutral Cows? Algae Isn’t the Answer.” WIRED. March 17, 2021. (w/ Matthew Hayek)

“The Sadism of Eating Real Meat Over Lab Meat.” The New Republic. February 23, 2021. (w/ Gabriel Rosenberg)

“The Meat Industry’s Bestiality Problem.” The New Republic. December 11, 2020. (w/ Gabriel Rosenberg)

“Instead of Re-Engineering Cows, Just Eat Less Meat.” The New Republic. October 23, 2020. (w/ Gabriel Rosenberg)

“The Climate Activists Who Dismiss Meat Consumption Are Wrong.” The New Republic. August 31, 2020.

“Burgers Won’t Save the World But Fast Food Might.” WIRED. August 7, 2020. (w/ Gabriel Rosenberg) (Japanese translation)

“Let's Rebuild the Broken Meat Industry Without Animals.” WIRED. May 20, 2020. (w/ Liz Specht)

“The Covid-19 pandemic shows we must transform the global food system.” The Guardian. April 16, 2020. (w/ Astra Taylor & Troy Vettese)

“The Modern Meaning of Meat.” The Wall Street Journal. November 21, 2019.

“Socialize Lab Meat.” Jacobin. August 11, 2019.

“What the Green New Deal will mean for your hamburger.” The Guardian. March 7, 2019.

“Missouri has a new law defining ‘meat.’ That’s just the latest round in the battles over your food.” The Washington Post. September 13, 2018.

“Heightening the Contradictions and Missing the Point: What Cass Sunstein Gets Wrong About Marxism, Sanders, and American Politics.” Public Seminar. October 31, 2017. (w/ Andrew Norris)

“The Moral Meat Market.” Jacobin. June 1, 2016.

“Liberación animal: cuarenta años después.” horizontal. October 19, 2015.

“El Caso Nitsch.” (w/ Tania Islas Weinstein) horizontal. February 23, 2015

“What does Shuanghui’s takeover of Smithfield mean for food safety?” The Guardian. July 10, 2013.

“Grounds to Pound: Mixed Martial Arts Fights for Legitimacy.” (w/ Jeremy Keehn) The Walrus. April 2008.

Book reviews

“Review – The Carbon Bubble by Jeff Rubin.” Quill & Quire. May 2015.

“Review - Unsettling Canada by Arthur Manuel.” Quill & Quire. May 2015.

“Review - Technocreep: The Surrender of Privacy and the Capitalization of Intimacy by Thomas Keenan.” Quill and Quire. October 2014.

“Review - The War on Science: Muzzled Scientists and Willful Blindness in Stephen Harper’s Canada by Chris Turner.” Quill & Quire. November 2013.

“Review - The Other Side of the Coin: The Emerging Vision of Economics and Our Place in The World by David Orrell.” The Walrus. May 2008.

Media Appearances & Interviews

Graham, Max. “What would happen if everyone stopped eating meat tomorrow?” Grist. November 29, 2023.

Green, Jonathan. “The alt right diet, meat and masculinity.” ABC Radio (Australia), Blueprint for Living. September 29, 2023.

Poinski, Megan. “Will 2023 be the year food plays a role in sustainability policy?” Food Dive. Jan. 31, 2023.

Carman, Tim. “Marjorie Taylor Greene pulls lab-grown meat into the culture wars.” The Washington Post. June 3, 2022.

Leffer, Lauren. “Cultured Meat, Without the Slaughter, Is Slated to Get a Big Boost.” Gizmodo. May 27, 2022.

Guerin, Kelly. “Harvard Fellow Calls Out Farm Industry Cover-Up Tactics.” Now This. May 2, 2022.

Graça, Eduardo. “Entenda o que é 'westsplaining' e por que a arrogância ocidental já revolta a Europa Oriental.” O Globo. March 13, 2021.

Vittek, Shelby. “How can we prevent the next zoonotic disease outbreak?” Modern Farmer. June 14, 2021.

Michel, Juliette. “Oatly surge shows alternative food remains hot commodity.” Yahoo Finance. May 21, 2021.

Taft, Molly. “The Wild, Dubious Plan to Feed Cows Seaweed.” Gizmodo. April 28, 2021.

Kennedy, Sarah. “The lasting influence of the Tofurky.” Yale Climate Connections. November 26, 2020.

Poinski, Megan. “Is coronavirus accelerating the growth of plant-based meat?” Food Dive. October 13, 2020.

van Hensbergen, Hester. “The Pig in the Backyard.” Vittles. Sep. 16, 2020.

Noor, Sharna. “The World Will Need More Than Fancy Whoppers to Fix Its Methane Problem.” Gizmodo. July 16, 2020.

Jiang, Irene. “How the treehouse-dwelling inventor of Tofurky paved the way for the breakout success of Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods.” Business Insider. Nov. 28, 2019.

Splitter, Jenny. “Talking Tofurky: Vegan Thanksgiving’s Undeniable Influence on Today’s Plant-Based Foods.” Forbes. Nov. 24, 2019.

Eisenstat, Ari. “The Future Accords: Episode 11.” Honolulu: KTUH. November 8, 2019.

Moss-Coane, Marty. “The meatless revolution.” Radio Times. Philadelphia: WHYY (NPR). September 4, 2019.

Reiley, Laura. “Veggie burgers were living an idyllic little existence. Then they got caught in a war over the future of meat.” The Washington Post. August 25, 2019.

Jean-François, Edvige. “Could fake meat burgers make cows obsolete?” CNN. August 22, 2019.

“The Future of Food.” Vital Signs with Sanjay Gupta. CNN. August 10, 2019.

Moon, Emily. “Dairy Disneyland: One Farm’s Quest to Save Industrial Agriculture.” Pacific Standard. March 19, 2019.

Shilton, A.C. “Protein of the Future.” Johns Hopkins Magazine. Spring 2019. pp. 37-41, 2019.

McDonald, Matt and Bellini, Jason. “From Grass-Fed to Lab-Grown: How Meat is Evolving.” The Wall Street Journal. December 11, 2018.