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How Fishmeal Made Its Way Into Factory Farms
Text reads: 99% of all farm animals in the United States live on factory farms.
The Nation’s ‘Egg Mafia’ Made Billions. Their Fines Over Price Fixing Are a Drop in the Bucket.
How Denmark's Pig Election Could Rewrite American Politics
Cow Manure Could Be the Next Data Center Fuel
Neurotech Company Says Its Brain Chips Could Make Cows Produce More Milk
The Meat Industry Funds These Nutrition Studies
An illustration of advocates watching a court hearing. Text reads Best American Food and Travel Writing 2026 In Vermont, Residents Are Fighting to Free Their Dairy Farmworker Neighbors
The Meats Behind 40% of USDA Food Warnings
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Melina Walling’s headshot. Text reads: Joining Sentient Melina Walling Features and Investigative Reporter
When Your “Local” Meat Market is Actually Owned by JBS
Event: Reporting From Iowa: How to Cover Factory Farm Pollution in the State Zoom Webinar May 13, 2026 11:00 AM CT
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A fisherman. Text reads: Activists Sue Pacific Seafood Over Water Pollution
A thermometer that goes up to $8,000. Text reads: Celebrating 8 Years of Sentient. All donations will be matched to help your gift go further.
98% of Big Meat and Dairy Climate Claims Are Greenwashing
Text reads: 96% of climate reporting does not cover animal agriculture.
Want People to Eat Less Pork? Show Them a Pig
Text reads: 71% of Americans surveyed oppose factory farms.
Joining Sentient: John McCracken, Investigative Reporter, Iowa Reporting Project
Text reads: Between 2019 and 2022, meat giant JBS avoided paying taxes amounting up to $442 million
Big Meat’s Ties to USDA Top Official Revealed
Iowa Senate Approves Bill Making It Harder to Sue Factory Farms for Polluting
Closeup of a pig's face. Text reads: 'Navigating in Guts': A Former Worker Exposes Conditions Inside Slaughterhouse
A cow in a field. Text reads: Cattle ranching is responsible for 72% of all deforested land across the Amazon.
New Study Links Industrial Ag and Declining Bird Populations
Can Black Soldier Fly Larvae Save Our Food System?
Closeup of a horse’s face. Text reads: 83% of Americans oppose slaughtering horses for food.
Group of chickens. Text reads: Between February 2022, when the current bird flu epidemic began, and mid-January of this year, an estimated 103 million birds have been killed using ventilation shutdown plus, which culls with heatstroke.
Salvadoran Workers at Tyson Foods Face Risks Due to Work Permit Delays
Event graphic for the Food and Farming Journalism Network event, Reporting on Food Sovereignty and Underserved Farmers March 26, 6PM ET
A river in Iowa. Text reads: 82% of Iowa voters in key swing districts (IA-01 and IA-03) say they want a candidate who will prioritize clean water, including by cutting industrial agricultural pollution.
What a Texas Court Ruling Could Mean for the Future of Plant-Based Foods
We’re hiring: Investigative Reporter, Iowa Reporting Project
A hand holds a vegan kebab. Text reads: In 2023, Denmark invested more than $200 million to strengthen the country’s plant-based industry.
Do Trucker Log Loopholes Put Animals at Risk?