Chicken is the most popular meat in the world. And we're expected to eat much more of it.

In the century since the modern chicken industry was born, chicken has overtaken beef and pork as the most popular meat in the world. According to a report published last month by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), that trend is expected to rapidly accelerate in the decade ahead — and it's one that will have enormous implications for climate change, animal welfare, and economic development. Humanity currently raises and slaughters a staggering 74 billion chickens each year, which will jump to around 85 billion annually by 2032, a…