Meat eaters encounter a conflict between their eating behavior and their affections toward
animals. Because this “meat paradox” highlights discrepancies between behavior and …

Background During the last decades, several challenges have significantly affected the egg
industry, such as the increasing consumer demand for animal welfare, the need for more …

Despite rising interest in and sales of innovative non-animal-based protein sources, there
remains a lack of information about consumer demand for these new foods and their …

Cultured meat involves producing meat from animal cells, not from slaughtered animals.
This innovation has the potential to revolutionize the meat industry, with wide implications for …

Very often, we're uncertain about what we ought, morally, to do. We don't know how to weigh
the interests of animals against humans, or how strong our duties are to improve the lives of …

Many consumers care about climate change and other externalities associated with their
purchases. We analyze the behavior and market effects of such “socially responsible …

Clean meat (grown from animal cells rather than rearing animals) has the potential to
address many concerns associated with meat production. However, research suggests that …

After centuries of neglect, the ethics of food are back with a vengeance. Justice for food
workers and small farmers has joined the rising tide of concern over the impact of industrial …

As consumers have become more interested in understanding how their food is produced,
scrutiny and criticism have increased regarding intensified food animal production methods …

This article highlights some key areas where economics can contribute to the current debate
about animal welfare. Production economics reveals that producers will not maximize …