A look back at the year’s manipulative messaging from Big Meat. Check out this Sentient story by Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A. republished by DeSmog via Covering Climate Now 🦋 @coveringclimate.org: desmog.com/2025/01/06/how…

Farmers are feeding candy to cows. Corporations argue that it’s a sustainable way to curb food waste, but is it really about profits? Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A. uncovers the truth behind the practice.

Sometimes food waste solutions have unforeseen repercussions, but feeding cows pure sugar? I think we can all guess what that would do. Who knew about this already?? This was a new factoid for me via Sentient & Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A. youtube.com/watch?v=1Zycsu…

BREAKING: The USDA’s primary farm animal welfare research lab has been dismantled—only one scientist remains. This lab’s research on gestation crates (pictured) was cited in a Supreme Court brief supporting Prop 12, the strongest farm animal protection law in the U.S. 🧵

Fact-check: how does food advertising compare to how it's really made? Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A. investigates the reality behind the red barns, rolling green pastures, sunshine and happy farm animals.

BREAKING: Tonight's continuing resolution will slash rural programs, putting clean water at risk buff.ly/iiOAkD7

From Atkins to Carnivore, why does the obsession with massive amounts of protein persist? And what impact is it having on our culture, health and planet? Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A. explains: buff.ly/UWj0wPx

Sentient is the only non-profit, nonpartisan news outlet that’s solely dedicated to the factory farm beat. Now, we're giving you a deeper look at our reporting. @ElkadiNina takes us behind the story to show how her investigation into lead-laden venison pointed to the NRA.

As we celebrate our seventh birthday, Sentient is the only non-profit, nonpartisan news outlet that’s solely dedicated to the factory farm beat.

The Liver King just admitted he was wrong about the carnivore diet. But why doesn't his new documentary ever question his heavy meat consumption?  Sentient's Disinformation Correspondent Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A. digs deeper to find the meat of the story.

It’s wildfire season in North America, and the evidence is clear: climate change has made wildfires more intense and frequent. But how is the meat we eat part of that equation? Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A. explains how our appetite for meat is fueling the flames.

great reporting by Nina Elkadi Sentient into how two leading pork producers touted their use of anaerobic digesters to capture methane. But an excess of gas led to the flaring of methane & the release of dangerous sulfur dioxide sentientmedia.org/iowa-pork-plan…

The pitch for regenerative agriculture? The massive climate emissions that come from beef production can be offset by storing carbon in farm soils. Unfortunately, the science is a lot more complicated. Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A. explains why regenerative meat doesn’t live up to the hype.

This story is blowing up on our site: 200 JBS workers in Iowa are losing U.S. work authorization. Sentient was told that unless they qualify for another exemption, they’re being instructed to leave the U.S. immediately. sentientmedia.org/iowa-meatpacki…

Don't read with your breakfast. At an Iowa Pork Plant, Piles of Dead Pigs and Wafting Sulphur Dioxide sentientmedia.org/iowa-pork-plan…

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Canadians and Americans are working together to stop the construction of two new mega-dairies in North Dakota. At the core of the fight? Clean water. Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A. shares how advocates and residents are fighting against factory farms.

Steven Barrows describes his former employer’s parking lot as a "dump site for rotten meats.” Photos reviewed by Sentient show dead pigs piled up outside the Iowa pork plant. @ElkadiNina joined WVON 1690AM to discuss the ongoing violations of Seaboard Triumph Foods.

The beef industry has known since 1989 that their product is one of the most resource intensive and polluting foods on the planet. But rather than address its climate impact, National Cattlemen's Beef Association chose to manufacture doubt.

This year, we saw what happens when you shine a light into places that have been ignored for far too long, from Iowans fighting for clean water to federal policy makers pushing for change. Lets take a closer look at the change you made possible over the last 12 months.