Health & Wellness

See the Pig, Order the Falafel

Seth Millstein / Sentient Apr 16, 2026 A new study finds that adding animal images to menus increases the odds of choosing the vegetarian dish by 22%. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

RFK Jr. Flips the Food Pyramid on Its Head

Seth Millstein / Sentient Jan 12, 2026 The new dietary guidelines say they want to “end the war on protein” and tout full-fat dairy. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

Critics Declared Veganism Dead in 2025. Here’s What Those Obituaries Are Missing.

Jessica Scott-Reid / Sentient Dec 31, 2025 The massive scale and influence of the meat industry shouldn’t be underestimated. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Environment

Climate Study: The World Needs to Change Its Diet by 2050

Gaea Cabico / Sentient Dec 4, 2025 Researchers estimate that 44% of the population in 2012 had dietary habits fueling food-related emissions. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Business & Economy

Revealed: How the Meat Industry Uses Environmental Groups to Make Beef Seem Climate-Friendly

Rachel Sherrington / Desmog Aug 12, 2025 Expert says nonprofit partners provide a ‘fairy dust’ of legitimacy to beef industry. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

LGBTQIA+

The Meat Industry Is Backing Anti-Trans Campaigns

Grey Moran / Sentient Jun 11, 2025 Recent anti-trans political ads were funded in part by meat industry trade groups, including multiple ads comparing trans people to cattle. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Education

The Beef Industry Is Quietly Rewriting Climate Education

Gabriella Sotelo / Sentient May 28, 2025 Students learn about regulating methane emissions, but not about the clear benefits of eating less meat. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Labor

USDA Moves To Make Meatpacking More Dangerous

Whitney Curry Wimbish / Sentient Apr 8, 2025 By removing regulation on the speeds of processing lines, the agency is increasing the likelihood of worker injuries. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Business & Economy

The Farm Fantasies of Ads for Meat, Milk and Eggs

Jessica Scott-Reid / Sentient Jan 30, 2025 A side-by-side comparison of marketing myths and reality. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Environment

Report: Biggest Meat and Dairy Companies Spend More on Ads than Cutting Emissions

Clare Carlile, Brigitte Wear / DeSmog Jul 23, 2024 Brazilian meat giant JBS invested just 0.03 percent of annual revenues into climate measures, researchers found. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Environment

Livestock Industry Spent Billions Courting Academics to Discredit Research

Georgina Gustin / Inside Climate News Mar 20, 2024 A new paper traces the financial ties between the livestock industry and academic research. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

Inside the Meat Industry Campaign to Discourage Plant-Based Diets

Clare Carlile / DeSmog Mar 4, 2024 Meat and dairy groups have paid for advertisements that cast meat-based alternatives as unhealthy, unnatural and ultra processed. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )