Episode Details

In this Slate Money mini-series, Felix Salmon talks to guests about the economics of food.

This week, Tad Friend joins to discuss the growing alternative meat industry, the plant-based crusade of Impossible Foods CEO Pat Brown and the significant environmental benefits of ditching the beef patty.

"Value Meal" by Tad Friend for The New Yorker

Email: slatemoney@slate.com

Podcast production by Jessamine Molli.

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