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Plant-based meats are on the rise. But are they sustainable?

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson National Observer
Johann Wieghardt trying out plant-based deli meats for the first time. “Better than I thought it would be. Would consider eating it if I was going to become vegetarian,” he said.
Because plants require far fewer resources — water, land, fossil fuels--eating lower down the food chain is more environmentally efficient. However despite the hype, plant-based meats might be less sustainable than they appear.

The Biden Presidency: A New Era, or a Fragile Interregnum?

Walden Bello Foreign Policy in Focus
Owing to the erosion of the credibility of globalization and neoliberalism, the return to orthodox centrism is not likely to hold. It will serve as a short-lived interregnum amidst deepening polarization. Now is the time for the left to act.