I'll Pay You to Kill My Steer

Free-range and grass-fed animals are big with consumers. So why won’t most American slaughterhouses kill them? (By Jason Krause)

Your Meat Is Green

Tips for responsible carnivores. (By Roxanne Webber)

Greens Goddess

Cookbook author Deborah Madison spills the beans with CHOW. (By Helena Echlin)

100 Pounds of Leftovers

A meat-and-potatoes guy tries to save money by buying an entire side of beef. (By Jason Krause)

From cave paintings to burgers, beef has long been a part of human history. (By Jason Horn)

There’s a shortage of kosher meat across the country. (By Nicholas Day)

A hidden-camera video shows flagrantly illegal and inhumane practices in a California slaughterhouse. (By Nicholas Day)

Ohio cow dodges a date with a dinner plate. (By Tea Austen Weaver)

The USDA will now release the names of retailers that have received recalled meat. Well, not exactly. (By Nicholas Day)

The rise of industrial meat; the fall of cows. (By James Norton)

Workers at a processing plant fall ill, and health inspectors look into pig brains. (By Traci Vogel)

Psst—know where to buy a mobile slaughterhouse? The state of Vermont may soon be in the market for a pair of ‘em, according to the AP. (By Christy Harrison)

In which a rare uncloven pig is loved, killed, and gloriously cooked. (By Nicholas Day)

What’s all the fuss about slaughter? (By Davina Baum)

A creepy video produced by a PETA volunteer undercover at a slaughterhouse makes us think about the ethics of both killing animals and advocating for vegetarianism. (By Christy Harrison)