Meat Is Back, on Plates and in Politics

Meat’s reputation has taken a pounding over the last few years. Blamed for poor health, implicated in climate change and attacked for cruelty to animals, it played the villain while plant-based burgers, grain bowls and four-star vegan dishes took their star turn.No more. Meat has muscled its way back to the center of the plate.Sales of beef, pork, lamb, poultry and other meat in the United States hit a record…