Slaughterhouses Harbor Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria That Give People Urinary Tract Infections - sentientmedia.org/slaughterhou...

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My latest, drawing from 100+ studies: iffs.earth/living-repor... Years in the making, I focus on the science behind the grazing side of regenerative agriculture, comparing it with a plant-based food system that enables large-scale rewilding.

1/8 Here’s what has happened: Early-history farmers kept tribal stories of earlier times of their ancestors who were foragers, when food grew on trees, and people moved with the seasons. There were no surpluses. Hence, no wealth. No idea of property or land ownership. Not much to fight over.

Victory! Bangladesh launches a national mission to free captive elephants and rehabilitate them in the wild. A huge step toward compassion and freedom for Asia’s gentle giants. ladyfreethinker.org/victory-bang...

😬 Proponents of animal welfare point to survey after survey showing Americans care about animal welfare, but while that's the case, Americans tend to know next to nothing about the food system. That's why "humane," "free-range," and other claims appeal, because they seem like viable options.

"While ultra-processed plant-based foods are less healthy than whole plant foods, they may offer better cardiometabolic outcomes than unprocessed animal-based products. [P]roducts such as plant-based milks, meat analogs, and margarine may facilitate dietary shifts." link.springer.com/article/10.1...

RFK Jr is expected to recommend eating more saturated fats, dairy, and meat. Read more on the PBN website. https://f.mtr.cool/ifwipfekry

#BirdFlu "...a deadly strain of bird flu, known as H5N1. First detected in poultry in 1996, by 2020 this highly pathogenic form of the virus had mutated to spread easily among wild bird populations. By 2022, it also began to transmit directly from mammal to mammal" www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Republicans want to turn the American West into a discount feedlot for special interests. Cattle ranching on public lands degrades these sacred wild places, pushing endangered species towards extinction. They’re handing out a blank check for more destruction westernwatersheds.org/2025/10/new-...

New paper finds rampant illegal shark fin trafficking, despite >100 threatened sharks and rays being listed on CITES in the past 20 years. Evidence is becoming very strong that the only effective way to protect sharks is to stop the fisheries catching them. 🦑🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

NEW EPISODE: Vegan Menu Tantrums and Deadly Dairy 'Career Changes' 🎙️ @marisul.bsky.social exposes dairy industry euphemisms and a chef's refusal to cook vegetables for Prince William. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep865

When Big Ag and food corporations make climate promises they know they won't keep, that's greenwashing. Nestle is just the latest to prove we can't trust corporations to do the right thing. www.latimes.com/business/sto...

A California animal rights activist was found guilty of breaking into a meat processing plant and stealing four chickens she said had been mistreated, in a trial that was being closely watched by animal rights groups and the agricultural industry.

The We Animals Stock Platform offers over 35,000 truthful images and videos documenting the lives of animals in places such as factory farms, slaughterhouses, fur farms, and roadside zoos.  

Seven Republican states have banned cultivated meat, including my so-called Free State of Florida. What happened to free markets and free competition? Since when do politicians get to tell me what to eat?

“It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.” Disappointing verdict, but we fought like hell and will keep fighting like hell.

Another Big Ag effort to weaken regulation against extreme animal confinement has failed. Measures like Massachusetts' Question 3 and California's Prop 12 benefit animals, workers, public health, and independent farmers. meatingplace.com/appeals-cour...

Myths about our ancestors' meaty diets animate modern politics and culture wars about food and identity. But the history of human diets tells a different story about food's past and lets us be more rational about its future. @gnrosenberg.bsky.social & I for @vox.com www.vox.com/future-perfe...

ICYMI: Meatpacking plants have long polluted towns of low-income & people of color. In 2024, Investigate Midwest found nearly half sit in ZIP codes where 40%+ live below twice the poverty level. In Postville, IA, one plant spilled 250K gallons of waste. investigatemidwest.o...

We may never get bird flu — or egg prices — under control www.vox.com/future-perfe...

A friend just sent me this from the Brooklyn Public Library. If you liked my book The Omnivore's Deception, please ask your library to acquire it!

Reminder: a person in the RICHEST 0.1 percent causes more carbon pollution in one DAY than someone in the BOTTOM 50 percent does in a whole YEAR. The high carbon lifestyles of the super rich are burning through the world’s remaining carbon budget and costing us our future.

This is the most stunning legal turn-around I'm aware of. AR activists are charged with burglary for freeing dogs from Ridglan. The charges are dropped. The activists succeed in getting a special prosecutor appointed to investigate Ridglan for animal cruelty. Now Ridglan will close. Incredible.

In March, 49-year-old immigrant Leovigildo Ramírez Castillo fell into a running auger & died at an OK Foods plant, now owned by Industrias Bachoco. Workers say safety was lacking; federal fines followed, but little changed. Full story via @readfrontier.bsky.social: investigatemidwest.o...

“This report shows how the U.S. is about to set off an explosion of dirty data center emissions, entrenching more fossil fuels when we need their rapid phaseout.” nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

This is why not everyone is vegan.

MARSHALL FARMS NEXT

BREAKING: Ridglan Farms will surrender its breeding license and end dog sales to labs! An official report confirms Ridglan agreed to give up its breeding license rather than face prosecution for mistreatment to animals. FULL STORY: riseforanimals.org/news/ridglan-ending-dog-sales #animalrights

The film was written, produced, and directed by Harsha Atmakuri, a doctor-turned-animal rights activist.

A new study proves that E. coli can be spread through factory farm air pollution, which may have caused the 2018 outbreak that killed 5 people and led to illness in 210. A huge loophole in the food safety system that prevents the FDA from investigating potential causes of illnesses on factory farms.

Catch AALDP’s Chris Carraway on the Green Red Podcast, with @willpotter.bsky.social - streaming now! www.youtube.com/live/6aebIW9...

Look Out for These 8 Big Ag Greenwashing Terms at COP30 - @desmog.com www.desmog.com/2025/10/26/b...

Is prosecutor Tim Gruenke preparing to abandon the beagles at Ridglan Farms? #animalrights #animalliberation #resist

"It's happening pretty fast and doesn't seem to be slowing down and I'm really very unclear about what the U.S.'s approach is going to be." Look at this table of confirmed H5N1 cases in last 30 days. www.axios.com/2025/10/27/b...

“I hope this case will shine light on what these animals experience every moment of their lives. So much of what happens in factory farms is happening behind closed doors in the dark. No one ever gets to see it, no one ever gets to hear these animals’ stories.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

📢 NEW EPISODE!!! In our latest episode, @marisul.bsky.social breaks down why 96% of climate coverage ignores meat production despite it being one of our biggest emission sources. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep863

GOOD NEWS: The Dane County Board of Supervisors voted to adopt Resolution 2025-119, calling on the Wisconsin DATCP to investigate Ridglan Farms—and, as warranted, revoke its state-issued breeding license. Also, we've filed NEW complaints against Ridglan: riseforanimals.org/news/resolution-passed

Great to see @washingtonpost.com cover cancer rates in the Corn Belt but nitrate pollution is mentioned as an aside while glyphosate is the "center of the controversy." This ignores reporting from @sentientmedia.org @investigatemidwest.bsky.social & others and research from... wapo.st/3Le1yXo

As #COP30 approaches, Big Ag is gearing up to greenwash livestock emissions. Learn how to see through the meat and dairy industry’s methane myths and false climate solutions >> act.gp/3L8n4wU

Here's the letter, from last week, that @warren.senate.gov sent to Google about the quid pro quo, settling their YouTube lawsuit in exchange for helping to destroy the East Wing. Wyden, Sanders, Blumenthal, and Merkley also signed. www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

USA and Qatar pressure EU to backtrack on new climate rules, after Trump's threats torpedoed international deal to reduce shipping emissions last week www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

1. It's fascinating to see, as you can from the responses to the post below, how many daft things people believe, to justify their continued meat eating. So let's examine a few of the common myths in the following thread. 🧵

Big Meat is just as bad for the climate as Big Oil. A new report reveals that industrial meat companies emit more greenhouse gases than fossil fuel corporations, such as Shell and ExxonMobil.

Bitterly disappointing ECJ ruling: “The Montréal convention clearly refers to persons and baggage. It therefore follows from the clear wording of this provision that the term ‘persons’ covers ‘passengers’, such that a pet cannot be considered a ‘passenger’. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/oct...

HUGE: Poland has voted 339 to 78 to ban #FurFarming! This bill will end the suffering for millions of animals who are bred for their #fur (like here). 🥹 It now just needs Senate & Presidential approval. Congrats to @otwarteklatki.bsky.social for their advocacy on this. Massive step for animals. 🧡

Cattle production is the leading source of deforestation, species loss & ag related water use & emissions. USDA vow to “open up new lands, to make it easier to become a rancher” come with Trump’s historic assaults on western public lands that will destroy nature www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

You may have read that your protein supplements are giving you lead poisoning. That's not the case. If you want to have protein shakes, that's fine. But whether you need to and whether they're safely regulated is a different story. My latest for @vox.com. www.vox.com/future-perfe...