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@Sentient_Media

Nonprofit news outlet investigating factory farms and their effect on climate, animals, health, politics and more. Send tips to [email protected]

Joined June 2018

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@Sentient_Media
Dec 5, 2019
BREAKING: Actress Rooney Mara joins @AnimalEquality in investigating horrific abuse inside factory farms. “Nothing prepares you for looking into the eyes of a mother pig whose life is to be impregnated and left in a cage until she’s slaughtered,"—Mara 💔
"This Is Horrific Abuse": Rooney Mara Joins Shocking Investigation of Factory Farming
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@Sentient_Media
Feb 15, 2023
Debunked: @GeorgeMonbiot exposes @rustyrockets' far-right farming conspiracy theories: Investigative journalist and @guardian columnist explains what’s actually behind the #DutchFarmer protests as part of Sentient Media original series The Correction:
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Jul 15, 2022
Soy is one of the most well-known sources of #PlantBased protein. While many people enjoy dishes made from #soy, others are concerned about soy’s environmental and health impacts. Today, we are taking a close look at the impacts of soy and the many myths that surround it.👇 1/8
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@Sentient_Media
May 8, 2023
"Veganism offers an opportunity to disrupt colonial logic by challenging the most basic building blocks of colonialism, which reduce all life forms to mere objects for capitalist exploitation," Samah Seger writes as part of our Indigenous Voices series:
Veganism Is Not Anti-Indigenous
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@Sentient_Media
Dec 28, 2022
The myth about animal protein and the human “need” to consume it has been perpetuated for years. While protein is an important part of a balanced diet, it is something that vegans and vegetarians are able to get from plants:
A Guide to Vegan Nutrition: How to Get the Nutrients You Need to Stay Healthy
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@Sentient_Media
Feb 16, 2023
The Netherlands is one of the only countries committed to scaling down its livestock sector. The decision is motivated by a severe pollution crisis but far-right influencers have latched onto this issue, spreading misinformation.👇 #stikstofcrisis 1/11
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@Sentient_Media
May 8, 2023
Replying to @60Minutes
The meat industry targets vulnerable groups because it is chronically understaffed. Most meat workers working in slaughterhouses are Black Brown Indigenous People of Color and immigrants. The sector also benefits from cheap prison labor.
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@Sentient_Media
Mar 10, 2023
This week, @SarahHuckabee supported a law that ends one of Arkansas' only oversight mechanisms for child labor. Here's why labor laws are crucial to protect vulnerable groups from being targeted by a sector, which is chronically understaffed: the meat industry.👇 1/10
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@Sentient_Media
Apr 28, 2020
There is a common link between many past and present diseases: humans' consumption of #animals. Can we reform the current food system without expecting the world to go #PlantBased? Sentient Media's co-founder @GrantLingel explores the future of food:
How to Prevent Future Pandemics: Fix the Broken Food System
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@Sentient_Media
Feb 3, 2023
Replying to @Sentient_Media @WeAnimals and 5 others
Pigs are considered the fifth most intelligent animal on Earth and can outperform three-year-old children on cognition tests. Nonetheless, pork producers continue to crowd pigs into factory farms by the millions to maximize profits. 10/11
Pig Intelligence: Are Pigs as Intelligent as Dogs?
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@Sentient_Media
Jan 12, 2023
"We found widespread agreement on two points — that fish are sentient and that they are harmed in the capture process." @SteveMcCVet of @_UoW and John Garratt explore:
Wild Fish Feel Pain — But They Have No Welfare Protections
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@Sentient_Media
Jul 31, 2023
There is a massive movement, backed by billions of dollars, to keep animal meat on our tables and plant-based meat back in the fads of the pandemic. By @JessLReid in @Truthdig:
The Backlash to Plant-Based Meat Has a Sneaky Explanation - Truthdig
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@Sentient_Media
Jan 21, 2020
In 2019, our articles were viewed over 9.3 MILLION times on Google, over 135k people viewed Animal Matters, our new web series ft. @ggreenwald, & our online community grew by over 7k! We couldn't have done it without you. See what else we've been up to 👇 sentientmedia.org/2019-year-in-r…
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@Sentient_Media
May 11, 2023
The @USSupremeCourt's much-awaited decision on California’s Proposition 12, or Prop 12, law came this morning. The Court upheld the rights of California to require pork sold in the state to meet certain animal welfare requirements. 👇1/9
Supreme Court Upholds Prop 12
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@Sentient_Media
Aug 18, 2023
Analysis of EU and US shows livestock farmers receive about 1,000 times more public funding than plant-based and cultivated meat. @dpcarrington reports for @guardian:
theguardian.com
‘Gigantic’ power of meat industry blocking green alternatives, study finds
Analysis of EU and US shows livestock farmers receive about 1,000 times more public funding than plant-based and cultivated meat
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