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Nonprofit news outlet investigating factory farms and their effect on climate, animals, health, politics and more. Send tips to [email protected]
Joined June 2018
Holding the powerful industries behind factory farming accountable and debunking disinformation is more important than ever. That’s where Sentient steps in. Support our work: the next 5 new monthly donors of any amount will receive an exclusive magazine:
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@KennyTorrella @voxdotcom @mjflepage @newscientist @MJ_Coren @washingtonpost @fffffrida @grist We're getting to the core of the most serious — and underreported — issues affecting our world. Subscribe to our newsletter:.
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This edition of The Core features reporting from @KennyTorrella (@voxdotcom), @mjflepage (@newscientist), @MJ_Coren (@washingtonpost) and @fffffrida (@grist).
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A switch from factory farmed chicken to chicken from higher welfare and more environmentally friendly systems can only be feasible, modeling suggests, if we reduce the amount of chicken we eat to a little over half of what we eat now. Read more :
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Meat production around the world may vary, but there are some countries that seem to be outpacing the rest: China, the United States and Brazil.
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Foods that combine meat and plants could help address the food systems’ meat emissions issue.
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Sentient is an independent, nonprofit news organization reporting on the impacts of factory farming.
Holding the powerful industries behind factory farming accountable and debunking disinformation is more important than ever. That’s where Sentient steps in. Support our work: the next 5 new monthly donors of any amount will receive an exclusive magazine:
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Even when digesters work as intended, @WorldResources estimates that digesters “reduce methane from manure storage by only about 25%,” and methane can leak from multiple parts of the digester system.
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Pitched as a boon to small towns, the biodigester financed $41.5 Million via the town of Gillett, promising jobs and future tax revenue.
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Christopher Gardner, a member of the committee that drafts the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, tells Sentient that he and his team were “completely ghosted” by @HHSGov after handing over their recommendations.
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Kennedy wants to ditch recommendations that would encourage Americans to eat more beans and other plant proteins.
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The U.S. poultry industry took in over $70 billion last year, with industry-leader @TysonFoods reporting $53 billion in revenue. Thanks to contract farming, the vast majority of farmers didn’t see much of that profit at all. Seth Millstein explains:.
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90 percent of all chicken farmed in the U.S. is the product of contract farming.
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At a township hearing, a developer revealed the 350,000 chickens would be kept mostly separate from the solar panels and probably “don’t go outside much.”.
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At a township hearing, a developer revealed the 350,000 chickens would be kept mostly separate from the solar panels and probably “don’t go outside much.”
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According to the @USDA, eighty-one percent of poultry workers are at high injury risk. This risk is primarily driven by high piece rates, which is the number of animals or pieces of meat handled by each slaughterhouse worker.
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Seaboard Triumph was given $16,443,002 in tax credits for creating approximately 1,000 jobs. The Targeted Jobs Withholding Tax Credit diverts state income taxes from employees’ paychecks, which usually go to the state, back to the company.
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A decade later, the pork plant became the subject of a scathing complaint to the EPA about working conditions.
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Libraries, often unifying spaces, increasingly offer public classes on nutrition literacy, food security, and how to get a good meal on the table. @LizSK5 reports for @CivilEats.
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Libraries nationwide are offering community classes on nutrition, food security, and how to get a good meal on the table.
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Two new studies reveal decades of industry tactics to downplay beef’s role in climate. change.
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Featuring @ElkadiNina, @WorldResources, @TheLancet, @BeefUSA, @univmiami, @tandfonline, @IOPPublishing and more.
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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, @BeefUSA chose to manufacture doubt.
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When the @EPA added seven Iowa river segments to the state’s impaired waters list, it was seen as a step toward addressing water pollution. Now, the agency has rescinded its order, upending the progress of clean water advocates. @gaeacabico reports:.
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Iowa clean water advocates criticized the EPA’s move to reverse a decision adding seven Iowa river segments to the state’s impaired waters list.
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Animals aren’t the only ones who suffer in slaughterhouses. In fact, slaughterhouse work is some of the most exploited labor in the world.
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A brief primer on the harsh conditions animals and workers endure.
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