In June 2022, 53 people from Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras died in the back of a tractor trailer in San Antonio in what has often been described as the worst immigration-related disaster in U.S.

One is wild, one is farmed, and the last one isn’t a shrimp at all. It’s a vegan “shrimp,” one of several brands that have come to market in the last decade.

Since nutrition-facts labeling was first introduced by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) in 1973, the back of the box has been a controversial space. Countless FDA rule ...

By Theodore Ross On June 27, 2022, 66 undocumented migrants from Mexico and Central America climbed into the back of a refrigerated tractor trailer in San Antonio, Texas, having already used ...

Inverse special series on ultraprocessed foods — what they are, why they’re everywhere, and what they’re doing to our diet ...

Matt Gross is a writer, editor, and digital strategist who’s held top jobs at RunnersWorld.com, Realtor.com, Boston.com, and BonAppetit.com. Once upon a time, he was the Frugal Traveler for The ...

By Brent Cunningham In “Bird Flu in Cows Is a Slow-Motion Disaster,” FERN’s latest publishing partnership with The New York Times opinion section, science journalist and FERN contributor Maryn ...

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In episode 4 of Buzzkill, our new podcast series on the pollinator crisis, reporter Eve Abrams tells the story of how one Maryland couple’s dispute with their homeowners association sparked a ...

Within minutes of the cat’s meat man embarking on his circuit, the barrow would be surrounded by felines, some of whom had perfectly good homes to go to and others who did not but still hoped that ...

In late 2023, JBS, the Brazilian-owned conglomerate that is the world’s largest producer of meat, needed workers at its plant in Greeley, Colorado, and was struggling to find them. Meanwhile, Haiti ...