Review
Centering the conversation around the activists, artists, and plant-based pioneers fighting for equality in the food system—and in their everyday lives—is the first step toward justice.
Farms•9 min read
Conversations
Lauren Ornelas is the founder of the Food Empowerment Project, a vegan food justice organization that shows people how various issues of oppression are connected to the food system.
Farms•5 min read
Reported
The food system is on the verge of collapse. To avoid future disruptions, we cannot continue using animals to mass-produce meat, dairy, and eggs.
Farms•4 min read
Perspective
Brazil plays a major role in the global food supply. But with rampant corruption and disregard for human rights, animal, and environmental issues, Bolsonaro's Brazil has become a global threat.
Farms•10 min read
Reported
Supply chain problems and workplace infection risks mean experts are urging U.S. producers to focus on sustainability.
Farms•6 min read
Feature
Switching from meat production to growing crops for vegan foods can be good for farmers and the environment.
Farms•5 min read
Perspective
There is a common link between many past pandemics and the one we are facing today: the human consumption of animals. Can we change the current food system without changing…
Farms•6 min read
Reported
The footprint of soy-based vegan food is negligible compared to that of "ghost soy" in meat, dairy, and eggs.
Farms•12 min read
Perspective
In Australia, indigenous hunters are using questionable methods to catch sea turtles and other wild animals. Cruel as some of these practices are, non-indigenous farming practices are equally inhumane.
Farms•4 min read
Perspective
Bruce Friedrich, Executive Director and Co-Founder of The Good Food Institute, discusses the organization's mission to transform the world's food system.
Farms•7 min read
Reported
Footage captured by undercover investigators shows the tragic last moments of life faced by countless animals in Middle Eastern slaughterhouses after the long journey from Brazil.
Farms•10 min read
Perspective
Patrick Hukins was served non-vegan ham at an Australia-based Domino’s, raising the question of what challenges lie ahead for vegans as the world is slowly changing to accommodate the lifestyle.
Farms•4 min read
Review
The writer’s second book on animal agriculture, We Are The Weather, asks readers to take a hard look at their own role in the climate crisis.
Farms•8 min read
Perspective
Just like you and I suffer, so do the billions of animals trapped on factory farms and in animal exploitation facilities. If you ask animal rights activist Amy Soranno, doing…
Farms•3 min read
Perspective
Blame speciesism or blame cognitive dissonance. Maybe blame both. Either way, if you truly love animals you would stop eating them.
Farms•5 min read
Review
Carnism isn’t unlearned until we “witness the truth of carnism while witnessing ourselves.” As Joy puts it, we need to show ourselves as much compassion during this process as we…
Farms•6 min read
Reported
We chatted with Jacy Reese about his new book, The End of Animal Farming. Here’s what he had to say about redrawing the lines between humans, animals, and food in…
Farms•3 min read
Perspective
There's a certain excitement that comes from measuring the moral progress of a generation: new directions, hard work, little victories. This book is a battle cry.
Farms•5 min read
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Sentient investigates and explains factory farms and their effect on climate, the environment, animals, health, politics and rural communities.