Posts tagged public health
Straight outta the garden: 'Eco hip-hop' pioneer Dj Cavem drops beets for kids

An urban grower, plant-based chef, youth educator, musician, and activist, Dj Cavem has a lot to teach about planting the seeds of lifestyle change. He's dedicated to changing hip hop culture for the better, one beet at a time.

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The link between meat and pandemics

The origins of COVID-19 are, at present, still unclear. However, there is a growing consensus that the global demand for animal products is one of the largest risk factors for pandemics like it.

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Progress in fight against Big Ag polluters

The truth is no one really knows how much factory farm waste is escaping into our environment because no federal agency collects consistent and reliable information on the number, size, and location of large-scale agricultural operations, nor the pollution they’re emitting. Without this information, no one can monitor and hold CAFOS accountable for mismanaged waste and related health and environmental damage. Stanford Law Professor Daniel Ho and PhD student Cassandra Handan-Nader are hoping to change that.


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