Jan Dutkiewicz
@jandutkiewicz.bsky.social
Asst Prof of PoliSci at the Pratt Institute
Contributing Editor at The New Republic
Contributing Writer at Vox
Feed the People! (w/ Gabriel Rosenberg) 02/17/2026 from Basic Books
A book on the political economy of meat in the works
www.jandutkiewicz.com
Contributing Editor at The New Republic
Contributing Writer at Vox
Feed the People! (w/ Gabriel Rosenberg) 02/17/2026 from Basic Books
A book on the political economy of meat in the works
www.jandutkiewicz.com
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Cows are an invasive species that damage nature. Tribes are showing that less grazing benefits native wildlife like sage grouse.
Yet ranchers dominate public land policy. In the American West, less grazing would mean undoing deeply ingrained “settler-colonial” beliefs
www.hcn.org/issues/58-2/...
Yet ranchers dominate public land policy. In the American West, less grazing would mean undoing deeply ingrained “settler-colonial” beliefs
www.hcn.org/issues/58-2/...
What’s needed to protect sage grouse? Less grazing. - High Country News
Two tribes are showing how saving sage grouse, and other iconic species of the West’s vast sagebrush steppe, will require are assessment of the widespread cattle grazing that has become an emblem of t...
www.hcn.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Cows are an invasive species that damage nature. Tribes are showing that less grazing benefits native wildlife like sage grouse.
Yet ranchers dominate public land policy. In the American West, less grazing would mean undoing deeply ingrained “settler-colonial” beliefs
www.hcn.org/issues/58-2/...
Yet ranchers dominate public land policy. In the American West, less grazing would mean undoing deeply ingrained “settler-colonial” beliefs
www.hcn.org/issues/58-2/...
from the same doofuses who brought you the nutritional guidelines' misrepresentation of plant-based diets comes a review that shows two things: 1. these people have never heard of enrichment of foods; 2. soy remains the one true undefeated protein god.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Nutritional and health impacts of alternative animal source foods: a scoping review
Despite rapid growth in the availability and consumption of alternative animal source
foods (Alt-ASFs), evidence remains fragmented and uneven across food types, outcomes,
and settings, with few studi...
www.thelancet.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:18 PM
from the same doofuses who brought you the nutritional guidelines' misrepresentation of plant-based diets comes a review that shows two things: 1. these people have never heard of enrichment of foods; 2. soy remains the one true undefeated protein god.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Food discourses may have shifted with the political and cultural winds, but the science on what a more sustainable and healthy food system looks like hasn't: less meat, more plants, less junk.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How to eat well and within Earth’s limits | Nature
Dietary change, supported by bold policies, is essential for a sustainable planet. Dietary change, supported by bold policies, is essential for a sustainable planet.
www.nature.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Food discourses may have shifted with the political and cultural winds, but the science on what a more sustainable and healthy food system looks like hasn't: less meat, more plants, less junk.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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tl;dr - it's the nutrient content, not the processing
For a healthier diet:
- less meat, less sugar, less salt
- more veggies, more legumes
Also makes the under-appreciated point that cooking from scratch requires more labour (typically female & unpaid) that isn't an option for many households.
For a healthier diet:
- less meat, less sugar, less salt
- more veggies, more legumes
Also makes the under-appreciated point that cooking from scratch requires more labour (typically female & unpaid) that isn't an option for many households.
ICYMI @gnrosenberg.bsky.social and I wrote about why you should not want to eat like your great-great-grandparents and why modern, industrially-produced food is "real food."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
Opinion | We Shouldn’t Want to Eat Like Our Great-Great-Grandparents
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:18 PM
tl;dr - it's the nutrient content, not the processing
For a healthier diet:
- less meat, less sugar, less salt
- more veggies, more legumes
Also makes the under-appreciated point that cooking from scratch requires more labour (typically female & unpaid) that isn't an option for many households.
For a healthier diet:
- less meat, less sugar, less salt
- more veggies, more legumes
Also makes the under-appreciated point that cooking from scratch requires more labour (typically female & unpaid) that isn't an option for many households.
ICYMI @gnrosenberg.bsky.social and I wrote about why you should not want to eat like your great-great-grandparents and why modern, industrially-produced food is "real food."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
Opinion | We Shouldn’t Want to Eat Like Our Great-Great-Grandparents
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM
ICYMI @gnrosenberg.bsky.social and I wrote about why you should not want to eat like your great-great-grandparents and why modern, industrially-produced food is "real food."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
Should we think of food as "appropriately processed" to needs and context?
This comment on mine and Gabriel's NYT piece really hits at the heart of what we want for a better food system: Improving the quality of diet and life for the average eater.
Wish we'd thought of that phrase oursevles...
This comment on mine and Gabriel's NYT piece really hits at the heart of what we want for a better food system: Improving the quality of diet and life for the average eater.
Wish we'd thought of that phrase oursevles...
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Should we think of food as "appropriately processed" to needs and context?
This comment on mine and Gabriel's NYT piece really hits at the heart of what we want for a better food system: Improving the quality of diet and life for the average eater.
Wish we'd thought of that phrase oursevles...
This comment on mine and Gabriel's NYT piece really hits at the heart of what we want for a better food system: Improving the quality of diet and life for the average eater.
Wish we'd thought of that phrase oursevles...
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One thing we say in this piece, but that isn't its primary focus, is that "industrial" vs "real" framing is silly because virtually all food is produced with some reliance on industrial supply chains. It's all industrial food! Yes, even local, organic, non-GMO, whole, regenerative, agro-ecological.
"The policy tools exist to minimize the harms and maximize the benefits of a system that provides food, much of it healthy, in abundance. But first we need to stop demonizing industrial food."
@jandutkiewicz.bsky.social and I in today's NYT
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
@jandutkiewicz.bsky.social and I in today's NYT
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
Opinion | We Shouldn’t Want to Eat Like Our Great-Great-Grandparents
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:46 PM
One thing we say in this piece, but that isn't its primary focus, is that "industrial" vs "real" framing is silly because virtually all food is produced with some reliance on industrial supply chains. It's all industrial food! Yes, even local, organic, non-GMO, whole, regenerative, agro-ecological.
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Great going @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social "the bagel’s cream cheese, made velvety with carob bean gum and shelf-stable & mold-free with potassium sorbate, is ultraprocessed. But the idea that ultraprocessed foods are categorically unhealthy is an oversimplification." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
Opinion | We Shouldn’t Want to Eat Like Our Great-Great-Grandparents
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Great going @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social "the bagel’s cream cheese, made velvety with carob bean gum and shelf-stable & mold-free with potassium sorbate, is ultraprocessed. But the idea that ultraprocessed foods are categorically unhealthy is an oversimplification." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
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“Virtually all the food we eat, junk and vegetables alike, is part of an industrial system,” Jan Dutkiewicz and Gabriel Rosenberg write. We are better off embracing that fact than “chasing a fantasy of Edenic premodern food that never existed.”
Opinion | Ultraprocessed, Industrial Food Is Fine
We can’t feed 340 million Americans with local, organic and low-tech dishes.
nyti.ms
February 8, 2026 at 6:15 AM
“Virtually all the food we eat, junk and vegetables alike, is part of an industrial system,” Jan Dutkiewicz and Gabriel Rosenberg write. We are better off embracing that fact than “chasing a fantasy of Edenic premodern food that never existed.”
"The policy tools exist to minimize the harms and maximize the benefits of a system that provides food, much of it healthy, in abundance. But first we need to stop demonizing industrial food, and instead think about how to make it better."
Gabe & I for @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
Gabe & I for @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
Opinion | We Shouldn’t Want to Eat Like Our Great-Great-Grandparents
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:16 PM
"The policy tools exist to minimize the harms and maximize the benefits of a system that provides food, much of it healthy, in abundance. But first we need to stop demonizing industrial food, and instead think about how to make it better."
Gabe & I for @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
Gabe & I for @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
San Francisco and Bay Area folks!
Save the date. Gabriel and I are doing a book talk at the University of San Francisco on February 23 at 6 p.m. This event is open to the public - copies of Feed the People! will be on sale and there will be snacks.
I hope to see you there.
Save the date. Gabriel and I are doing a book talk at the University of San Francisco on February 23 at 6 p.m. This event is open to the public - copies of Feed the People! will be on sale and there will be snacks.
I hope to see you there.
February 7, 2026 at 2:59 PM
San Francisco and Bay Area folks!
Save the date. Gabriel and I are doing a book talk at the University of San Francisco on February 23 at 6 p.m. This event is open to the public - copies of Feed the People! will be on sale and there will be snacks.
I hope to see you there.
Save the date. Gabriel and I are doing a book talk at the University of San Francisco on February 23 at 6 p.m. This event is open to the public - copies of Feed the People! will be on sale and there will be snacks.
I hope to see you there.
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NEW EPISODE with @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social and @gnrosenberg.bsky.social about their book "Feed the People"!
They dismantle food system myths and explain why animal agriculture can't be reformed at current scale.
Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on YouTube, or visit ourhenhouse.org/ep900
They dismantle food system myths and explain why animal agriculture can't be reformed at current scale.
Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on YouTube, or visit ourhenhouse.org/ep900
February 6, 2026 at 5:04 PM
NEW EPISODE with @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social and @gnrosenberg.bsky.social about their book "Feed the People"!
They dismantle food system myths and explain why animal agriculture can't be reformed at current scale.
Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on YouTube, or visit ourhenhouse.org/ep900
They dismantle food system myths and explain why animal agriculture can't be reformed at current scale.
Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on YouTube, or visit ourhenhouse.org/ep900
It was a pleasure to join @ourhenhouse.org for a long chat about Feed the People!, food system reform, and why we need analytical clarity to talk about that reform. Thanks so much for having myself and @gnrosenberg.bsky.social on.
www.ourhenhouse.org/ep900/
www.ourhenhouse.org/ep900/
Feed the People: A Conversation with Jan Dutkiewicz and Gabriel Rosenberg
In this eye-opening episode of Our Hen House, Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan speak with Jan Dutkiewicz and Gabriel Rosenberg about their groundbreaking new book, Feed the People: Why Industrial Fo...
www.ourhenhouse.org
February 6, 2026 at 4:40 PM
It was a pleasure to join @ourhenhouse.org for a long chat about Feed the People!, food system reform, and why we need analytical clarity to talk about that reform. Thanks so much for having myself and @gnrosenberg.bsky.social on.
www.ourhenhouse.org/ep900/
www.ourhenhouse.org/ep900/
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Americans keep over 100 million small animals as pets, most of them wild and forced to live their entire life in a tiny cage or tank. It's rife with disturbing welfare problems, so I wrote The Big Case Against Owning Small Pets:
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Americans keep over 100 million small animals as pets, most of them wild and forced to live their entire life in a tiny cage or tank. It's rife with disturbing welfare problems, so I wrote The Big Case Against Owning Small Pets:
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We interviewed @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social and @gnrosenberg.bsky.social about "Feed the People"!
Tune in THIS FRIDAY for our full episode. Preorder their book before Feb 17 at basicbooks.com with code "feed20" for 20% off!
A must-listen that dismantles myths about agriculture and food systems.
Tune in THIS FRIDAY for our full episode. Preorder their book before Feb 17 at basicbooks.com with code "feed20" for 20% off!
A must-listen that dismantles myths about agriculture and food systems.
February 4, 2026 at 11:36 PM
We interviewed @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social and @gnrosenberg.bsky.social about "Feed the People"!
Tune in THIS FRIDAY for our full episode. Preorder their book before Feb 17 at basicbooks.com with code "feed20" for 20% off!
A must-listen that dismantles myths about agriculture and food systems.
Tune in THIS FRIDAY for our full episode. Preorder their book before Feb 17 at basicbooks.com with code "feed20" for 20% off!
A must-listen that dismantles myths about agriculture and food systems.
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The only downside of having already canceled my WaPo subscription a while back is that I can't do it now.
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 6:29 PM
The only downside of having already canceled my WaPo subscription a while back is that I can't do it now.
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1. Noam Chomsky's response to the first tranche of Epstein docs - arrogant, high-handed, obfuscatory and, we now know, dishonest - reminded me of something: his response to my questions about genocide denial, 15 years ago. 🧵
www.monbiot.com/2012/05/21/2...
www.monbiot.com/2012/05/21/2...
Correspondence with Noam Chomsky
This is supporting material for the article See No Evil.
www.monbiot.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:49 AM
1. Noam Chomsky's response to the first tranche of Epstein docs - arrogant, high-handed, obfuscatory and, we now know, dishonest - reminded me of something: his response to my questions about genocide denial, 15 years ago. 🧵
www.monbiot.com/2012/05/21/2...
www.monbiot.com/2012/05/21/2...
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Amidst the noisy food fight south of the border, Canada’s Food Guide remains refreshingly transparent and scientifically sound. So pass the peas and hold the propaganda.
My latest for @thestar.com:
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
My latest for @thestar.com:
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Amid U.S. food wars, Canada’s guide stays true to science and sustainability
Amidst the noisy food fight south of the border, Canada’s Food Guide remains refreshingly transparent and scientifically sound. So pass the peas and hold the propaganda.
www.thestar.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Amidst the noisy food fight south of the border, Canada’s Food Guide remains refreshingly transparent and scientifically sound. So pass the peas and hold the propaganda.
My latest for @thestar.com:
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
My latest for @thestar.com:
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Two weeks until Feed the People! is published.
The book took us across the USA to study policy, technology, and labor organizing, but also to eat food, some good and some outright hostile.
Thank you for the kind words, Kelly Alexander.
20% off at basicbooks.com with code FEED20 until Feb. 17.
The book took us across the USA to study policy, technology, and labor organizing, but also to eat food, some good and some outright hostile.
Thank you for the kind words, Kelly Alexander.
20% off at basicbooks.com with code FEED20 until Feb. 17.
February 3, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Two weeks until Feed the People! is published.
The book took us across the USA to study policy, technology, and labor organizing, but also to eat food, some good and some outright hostile.
Thank you for the kind words, Kelly Alexander.
20% off at basicbooks.com with code FEED20 until Feb. 17.
The book took us across the USA to study policy, technology, and labor organizing, but also to eat food, some good and some outright hostile.
Thank you for the kind words, Kelly Alexander.
20% off at basicbooks.com with code FEED20 until Feb. 17.
So apparently they did a meta-study to prove that the most-shared bro-meme is actually correct.
"Exercise is an effective treatment for depression ... particularly when intense."
www.bmj.com/content/384/...
"Exercise is an effective treatment for depression ... particularly when intense."
www.bmj.com/content/384/...
February 2, 2026 at 9:21 PM
So apparently they did a meta-study to prove that the most-shared bro-meme is actually correct.
"Exercise is an effective treatment for depression ... particularly when intense."
www.bmj.com/content/384/...
"Exercise is an effective treatment for depression ... particularly when intense."
www.bmj.com/content/384/...
the banality of evil
Tyson Foods beats quarterly profit estimates on chicken demand reut.rs/3NRhlwK
Tyson Foods beats quarterly profit estimates on chicken demand
U.S. meatpacker Tyson Foods reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings on Monday, as increased demand for its chicken products overshadowed hefty losses in its beef business.
reut.rs
February 2, 2026 at 1:57 PM
the banality of evil
The other thing that really grinds my gears about the anti-"ultra-processed" crowd is the assertion that the profit motive somehow taints UPFs as a category, but not other foods. You don't think the profit motive is behind the factory farms that churn out billions of "unprocessed" chickens?
The ultraprocessed food conversation has well and truly jumped the shark. Now its proponents are opposing fortification, urging us to ignore the nutritional properties of foods, & conflating the extent and purpose of processing. Put this schema out of its misery already.
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Misleading narrative of “healthy” ultraprocessed foods
A focus on “healthy” ultraprocessed foods is overstating benefits, legitimising industry narratives, and obscuring the priority of reducing overall consumption, argue Leandro Rezende and colleagues
...
www.bmj.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:20 PM
The other thing that really grinds my gears about the anti-"ultra-processed" crowd is the assertion that the profit motive somehow taints UPFs as a category, but not other foods. You don't think the profit motive is behind the factory farms that churn out billions of "unprocessed" chickens?
The ultraprocessed food conversation has well and truly jumped the shark. Now its proponents are opposing fortification, urging us to ignore the nutritional properties of foods, & conflating the extent and purpose of processing. Put this schema out of its misery already.
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Misleading narrative of “healthy” ultraprocessed foods
A focus on “healthy” ultraprocessed foods is overstating benefits, legitimising industry narratives, and obscuring the priority of reducing overall consumption, argue Leandro Rezende and colleagues
...
www.bmj.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:11 PM
The ultraprocessed food conversation has well and truly jumped the shark. Now its proponents are opposing fortification, urging us to ignore the nutritional properties of foods, & conflating the extent and purpose of processing. Put this schema out of its misery already.
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Another semester of classes begins at the one and only Pratt institute, and as is tradition we celebrate with a track from some native sons of these five boros.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SSo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SSo...
Loose Talk
YouTube video by Show Me the Body - Topic
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January 28, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Another semester of classes begins at the one and only Pratt institute, and as is tradition we celebrate with a track from some native sons of these five boros.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SSo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SSo...
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This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...