Investigation
Police Bodycams Reveal Pattern of Deference to Meat Industry
State troopers cited concerns about animal rights activists as justification for blocking journalists from livestock crash sites.
Legal Action•12 min read
Grey Moran
Grey is an award-winning investigative journalist with Sentient who is based in Durham, North Carolina. They have written for Civil Eats, The Guardian, The Atlantic, The New Republic, Al Jazeera, The New York Times, The Intercept, Guernica, The Nation, New York Magazine, Popular Science, Mother Jones, The American Prospect, Teen Vogue, Grist, Autostraddle and The Center for Public Integrity. Their articles have been anthologized in No Planet B, published by Haymarket Books, and The Best American Food Writing, edited by Mark Bittman.
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Investigation
More Data From Farms Could Help Scientists Better Track Avian Flu, but Privacy Concerns Stand in the Way
Government agencies have refused to disclose farm locations, precise outbreak dates and other metadata associated with poultry and cattle that test positive for avian flu.
Research•12 min read
Feature
A Former Tyson Executive Now Oversees the Safety of the U.S. Meat Supply
Justin Ransom helped launch Tyson’s controversial label for “climate friendly” beef. Now he leads the federal agency charged with meat label oversight.
Policy•8 min read
Feature
How JBS — the World’s Largest Meat Company — Avoids Paying Taxes
By utilizing intercompany loans and dividends, and a network of shell companies based in Luxembourg, JBS has been able to dodge paying taxes where it conducts business.
Climate•9 min read
Feature
In Vermont, Residents Are Fighting to Free Their Dairy Farmworker Neighbors
The dairy industry in Vermont relies heavily on immigrant hires, workers who are now being detained and deported. And sometimes freed.
Food•10 min read
Feature
Why Anti-Trans Campaigns Keep Returning to the Politics of Meat
Recent anti-trans political ads were funded in part by meat industry trade groups, including multiple ads comparing trans people to cattle.
Elections•12 min read
Investigation
As Egg Prices Soar, Amazon and Top Investors Profit
Investors in major egg companies saw their stocks dramatically rise in value as consumers suffered from soaring egg prices.
Food•6 min read
News
Federal Inspectors Found Antibiotics in Beef ‘Raised Without Antibiotics.’ They Took No Action
JBS, Cargill and Tyson appear to have misled consumers.
Food•8 min read
Feature
EPA Civil Rights Work Stalls Under Trump as Communities Wait for Justice
Thirteen civil rights complaints, including from communities impacted by poultry farm pollution, have been left in limbo.
Policy•16 min read
News
Food Security Researchers in 20 Countries Thought They Had U.S. Funding. Then Trump Took Office
All but one of the Obama-Era agricultural innovation labs received notice in late February that climate-resilient and other food security programs were “not in the national interest.”
Climate•14 min read
Reported
Exclusive: the USDA’s Farm Animal Welfare Research Lab — With Just One Scientist Remaining — Dismantled by Trump
Sentient has learned that the primary federal laboratory for farm animal welfare research has lost its probationary scientists to the mass firings.
Policy•6 min read
Solutions
How a Group of Immigrant Farmworkers Is Preparing for Avian Flu to Hit New York Dairy Farms
Amid heightened fears of immigration raids, Alianza Agricola has spent months educating hundreds of their coworkers on how to prepare for an avian flu outbreak.
Health•8 min read
Reported
Avian Flu Research Funding Caught in Crosshairs of Trump Administration
Zoonotic disease spread and vaccine research projects are among those under review.
Policy•5 min read
Investigation
How U.S. Taxpayers Bailed Out the Poultry Industry, and Helped Entrench Avian Flu
The U.S. has failed to contain bird flu. The $1.46 billion industry bailout is one reason why.
Meat Lobby•9 min read
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