Jan Dutkiewicz
@jandutkiewicz.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Pratt Institute
Contributing Writer at Vox
Contributing Editor at The New Republic
Feed the People! (w/ Gabriel Rosenberg) in 2026 from Basic Books
A book on meat in the works
www.jandutkiewicz.com
Contributing Writer at Vox
Contributing Editor at The New Republic
Feed the People! (w/ Gabriel Rosenberg) in 2026 from Basic Books
A book on meat in the works
www.jandutkiewicz.com
we're out here.
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
we're out here.
Got some feel-good Thanksgiving pre-dinner reading coming for you tomorrow.
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Got some feel-good Thanksgiving pre-dinner reading coming for you tomorrow.
Feed the People! comes out in 3 months. I can't wait to see this book out in the world and am deeply honored by the kind words so many people I respect deeply had for it.
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Feed the People! comes out in 3 months. I can't wait to see this book out in the world and am deeply honored by the kind words so many people I respect deeply had for it.
If you're around NYC on December 3rd, I'm giving a talk at Pratt's CritViz symposium about the commoditization of the idea of "animal welfare."
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If you're around NYC on December 3rd, I'm giving a talk at Pratt's CritViz symposium about the commoditization of the idea of "animal welfare."
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Proponents of animal welfare point to survey after survey showing Americans care about animal welfare, but while that's the case, Americans tend to know next to nothing about the food system. That's why "humane," "free-range," and other claims appeal, because they seem like viable options.
Proponents of animal welfare point to survey after survey showing Americans care about animal welfare, but while that's the case, Americans tend to know next to nothing about the food system. That's why "humane," "free-range," and other claims appeal, because they seem like viable options.
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Proponents of animal welfare point to survey after survey showing Americans care about animal welfare, but while that's the case, Americans tend to know next to nothing about the food system. That's why "humane," "free-range," and other claims appeal, because they seem like viable options.
Proponents of animal welfare point to survey after survey showing Americans care about animal welfare, but while that's the case, Americans tend to know next to nothing about the food system. That's why "humane," "free-range," and other claims appeal, because they seem like viable options.
Paste this everywhere.
November 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Paste this everywhere.
yeah that's pretty much our conclusion.
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
yeah that's pretty much our conclusion.
yup. as we mention here, it's more popular imaginary than representation, including on gender.
October 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
yup. as we mention here, it's more popular imaginary than representation, including on gender.
Lol. Run by a guy who works for disinfo merchants and writes for the meat industry's trade publications.
October 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Lol. Run by a guy who works for disinfo merchants and writes for the meat industry's trade publications.
New astroturf "animal and environment" front group just dropped that happens to oppose animals and the environment. Seems to be focused entirely on opposition to cellular agriculture and Prop 12.
October 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
New astroturf "animal and environment" front group just dropped that happens to oppose animals and the environment. Seems to be focused entirely on opposition to cellular agriculture and Prop 12.
The problem of course is that scaremongering travels far and fast; fact-checked correctives take time and move slowly.
October 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The problem of course is that scaremongering travels far and fast; fact-checked correctives take time and move slowly.
More irksome use of stats. CR claims that average Americans are exposed to "up to 5.3 micrograms of lead each day through their diet." They don't link the source, but it's clearly Gavalek et al. (2019), which says mean exposure is 1.7 - 5.3. So that's a big range to not mention explicitly.
October 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
More irksome use of stats. CR claims that average Americans are exposed to "up to 5.3 micrograms of lead each day through their diet." They don't link the source, but it's clearly Gavalek et al. (2019), which says mean exposure is 1.7 - 5.3. So that's a big range to not mention explicitly.
brb writing about unfounded concerns
October 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
brb writing about unfounded concerns
Consider that for high-risk groups like child-bearing women, FDA flags 8.8 mg/day as a risk level. Prop 65/Consumer reports uses 0.5 mg/day (3.5 mg/week), which is an impossible standard. So this graphic looks terrifying, but is actually below risk level *for high-risk people*. Let's all calm down.
October 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Consider that for high-risk groups like child-bearing women, FDA flags 8.8 mg/day as a risk level. Prop 65/Consumer reports uses 0.5 mg/day (3.5 mg/week), which is an impossible standard. So this graphic looks terrifying, but is actually below risk level *for high-risk people*. Let's all calm down.
Re: scaremongering. Consider that for high-risk groups like child-bearing women, FDA flags 8.8 mg/day as a risk level. Prop 65/Consumer reports uses 0.5 mg/day (3.5 mg/week), which is an impossible standard. So this graphic looks terrifying, but is actually below risk level *for high-risk people*.
October 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Re: scaremongering. Consider that for high-risk groups like child-bearing women, FDA flags 8.8 mg/day as a risk level. Prop 65/Consumer reports uses 0.5 mg/day (3.5 mg/week), which is an impossible standard. So this graphic looks terrifying, but is actually below risk level *for high-risk people*.
soy's cheap tho.
October 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
soy's cheap tho.
graphic design and soy are my twin passions
October 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
graphic design and soy are my twin passions
Given the massive scale of feed conversion loss in animal ag, if humans ate more soy and soy products - tofu, tempeh, etc. - instead of meat and dairy, we would actually need far less total soy and less soy-related land use.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
October 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Given the massive scale of feed conversion loss in animal ag, if humans ate more soy and soy products - tofu, tempeh, etc. - instead of meat and dairy, we would actually need far less total soy and less soy-related land use.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
October 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
the thing with clearinghouse-style "thought leader" events is that you get the oddest mishmash of bedfellows whose politics of food are often diametrically opposed. a remarkable group of orgs to have under one roof. also obviously massive disincentive to critique livestock or boost climate science.
October 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
the thing with clearinghouse-style "thought leader" events is that you get the oddest mishmash of bedfellows whose politics of food are often diametrically opposed. a remarkable group of orgs to have under one roof. also obviously massive disincentive to critique livestock or boost climate science.
lol.
only the joke is on anyone who actually cares about the climate or a better food system.
only the joke is on anyone who actually cares about the climate or a better food system.
October 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
lol.
only the joke is on anyone who actually cares about the climate or a better food system.
only the joke is on anyone who actually cares about the climate or a better food system.
Consider that studies that parse the types of UPFs being eaten, like this one, tend to conclude that UPFs are bad when they contain bad things and not bad, or even good, when they contain good things.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39608567/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39608567/
October 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Consider that studies that parse the types of UPFs being eaten, like this one, tend to conclude that UPFs are bad when they contain bad things and not bad, or even good, when they contain good things.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39608567/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39608567/
reps for the three amigos
September 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
reps for the three amigos