Trending Headlines: Vilsack talks fair cattle markets

“Is there really such a thing as low carbon beef?” by Matt Reynolds for Wired Reynolds writes, “In November, the US Department of Agriculture approved a program that will open a path for beef producers to market their meat as low-carbon. “Analysis: High U.S. meat prices: packer profiteering or capacity crunch?” by David Lawder for Reuters According to Reuters, “The Biden administration is targeting a small group of meat packers for high beef, pork and poultry prices that it says are squeezing consumers and fueling inflation, arguing that they are abusing their market power. “Natural meat sales spike during Covid” by Keith Loria for Supermarket Perimeter Loria writes, “Although consumers have been slowly transitioning to buying meats with terms such as ‘no hormones,’ ‘no antibiotics,’ ‘humanely raised’ and other such claims, COVID really made people think about healthier products, and sales data indicates the natural category grew significantly during the pandemic.”