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Image shows a sign in St James's Park warns of avian influenza as another outbreak hits the UK.

Report: To Avoid Another Pandemic, We Need to Eat Less Meat

by Jack McGovan

The UK’s biggest outbreak of bird flu highlights the government’s willingness to protect the animal agricultural industry at all costs, even while the evidence points to one solution.

Members of animal rebellion are surrounded by police at a protest in London.

Report: Animal Rebellion Activists on Why They’re Emptying Supermarkets of Milk to Save the Climate

by Sophie K Rosa

Animal Rebellion is mid-way through a two-week direct action campaign that claims to have emptied supermarket shelves of milk, in a bid to force the government to support a just transition away from animal agriculture. Sophie K Rosa reports.

A cow with a white face and brown fur looks at the camera. Another stands in the background

Report: The Dairy Industry is Blaming Vegans for Its Decline

by Sophie K Rosa

The UK’s biggest dairy company is begging consumers not to “cancel the cow”. Yet with only around 2-3% of the population cutting out dairy, vegans aren't what’s hurting the industry. Sophie K Rosa reports.

Downstream: Animal Agriculture Is the New Crude Oil. Aaron Bastani Meets George Monbiot

In his new book George Monbiot warns that we're approaching a tipping point in the fight to protect the planet. Can changing what we eat bring us back from the brink? Aaron Bastani speaks Britain's foremost environmental campaigner about what to do when the worst possible people are in charge at the worst possible time.

Downstream: Should We All Be Vegan? Interview with Peter Singer

Should we all be vegan or vegetarian? Does climate change require a new relationship to nature and non-human animals? And will Covid-19 be the moment when we realise industrial farming carries devastating, unacceptable risks? Aaron Bastani speaks to author of ‘Animal Liberation’ and professor of Bioethics at Princeton University Peter Singer.

Downstream: Can Lab-Grown Meat Save the World? Aaron Bastani Meets Michael Selden

On this week’s Downstream, Aaron Bastani meets Mike Selden, co-founder of Finless Foods - a cellular agriculture business in California - to find out whether lab-grown meat can live up to the hype.

The Bastani Factor: Do We Really Need to Quit Beef to Save the Planet?

Goldsmiths College has banned the sale of beef on campus starting this September as part of broader efforts to be carbon neutral by 2025. But do we really need to stop eating meat to combat climate change?