Dave Dickey

1 day ago | investigatemidwest.org | Dave Dickey

Tyson Foods’ claim that it could reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 through “climate-smart beef” is laughable. The brass at Tyson unveiled its magical greenhouse gas-canceling Brazen Beef at the 2023 Annual Meal Conference in Dallas. Tyson told anyone willing to listen that Brazen Beef produces 10% less greenhouse gas emissions from pasture to production when compared to traditionally produced cattle. Which is a pretty neat trick.

2 weeks ago | investigatemidwest.org | Dave Dickey

The nation’s climate denier-in-chief, President Donald Trump, has wasted no time throwing monkey wrenches into federal efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. That includes scrubbing websites. The Environmental Data and Government Initiative reports the feds have already deleted climate change language from more than 200 websites, including the Environmental Protection Agency. But buried deep in the EPA web pages, unreachable from the home page, is EPA’s Climate Change Impacts page.

1 month ago | investigatemidwest.org | Dave Dickey

Of course it was just a matter of time. The laboratory cell-based revolution has already produced chicken, fish, and beef substitutes that, once cooked up and plated, are practically indistinguishable from their live counterparts. In the U.S. there’s been backlash against the idea that a mother of four could one day fill her shopping cart with meat substitutes made from cell cultures. Numerous state legislatures are attempting to restrict or ban the sale of lab-cultured meat.

1 month ago | investigatemidwest.org | Dave Dickey

Here’s a public service announcement to American farmers, particularly those living in GOP-controlled congressional districts: Whatever damages tariffs do to your farming bottom line going forward, you can absolutely, unequivocally, lay blame at the clay feet of the GOP. It has become almost impossible to keep up with the tit for tat, on again-off again […]

1 month ago | investigatemidwest.org | Dave Dickey

USDA’s new five pronged effort to do something, anything, to control the rampant spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza won’t do much to lower egg prices – at least not during the first half of 2025. The U.S. Department of Agriculture:Wants you to know that it plans to increase Wildlife Biosecurity Assessments on egg farms. The hope is that once educated, egg producers will conform to best practices to reduce the chance of bird flu contamination.