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Many of us are sharing the strange experience of a 2020 birthday in lock-down.

For mine today, if you're fortunate enough to have financial stability in this crisis, I'd be deeply grateful if you made a small donation in my honor to @GoodFoodInst.

gfi.org/donate
If you're compelled by my posts about the connection btw animal farming and zoonotic risks, the sustainability benefits of alt proteins, or even the notion of a more resilient and abundant food system, I believe there is no faster path toward a brighter future than via alt prots.
This is precisely what The Good Food Institute (@GoodFoodInst) does as a nonprofit organization powered entirely by philanthropy. If you want to learn more about what we do and why we do it, check out our 2019 Year in Review: gfi.org/2019
If you do make a gift, please feel free to comment here or send me a DM so I can express my gratitude! Otherwise, please know that I am also deeply appreciative of any anonymous gift, big or small. It means the world to me.
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Several folks have asked for an update or "response" in the last few weeks, most not nearly as civilly as this. We all need and deserve kindness and rational discourse in these trying times. In thread below: some thoughts on why we haven't (yet) hit a nationwide healthcare crush.
To reiterate, I am neither an epi modeler nor an "influencer" and have never claimed or tried to be. On March 6, I had a few hundred followers. I wrote this thread because I was tired of texting the same thing over and over to friends and family to explain why I was concerned.
This has been an especially hard week on top of a hard few months. I'll be disconnected for the weekend but I genuinely wish you all health, safety, and comfort. We are all in this together whether we like it or not.
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Consumer insights from Datassentials on how consumers feel about the safety of their meat amidst Covid-19, and my thoughts on whether these sentiments are merited. [short thread]
Asked whether slaughterhouse workers with Covid-19 made them nervous about meat safety, >60% of consumers said yes, though about half of those would continue eating it.

But nearly 50% of GenZ & 40% of millennials are eating less meat for this reason.
datassential.com/wp-content/upl…
However, this is the wrong framing for asking this food safety question.

The food safety risk to a consumer isn't likely to result from the slaughterhouse worker being ill. It's likely because of this: theguardian.com/environment/20…
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@jan_dutkiewicz and I make the case for a more resilient meat industry — by taking the animal out of the equation — in @WIRED today.
wired.com/story/opinion-…
"If we simply remove animals from the equation and replace them with plant-based and cell-based analogs, we can envision a protein production system as abundant and inexpensive as we’ve become accustomed to, but without the insidious vulnerabilities and externalized costs."
"A more sustainable and resilient food system that’s better for animals, workers, and consumers is possible. We need all hands on deck to build it as quickly as possible."
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