A survey taken this past spring shows a majority of Iowans say they have experienced negative environmental impacts from ...

Only 2 percent of the ocean appears to benefit substantially from marine conservation areas, challenging a key metric of the ...

Claudia is Sentient's Editorial Fellow. Her background is in science journalism and environmental communications and she ...

Mama Bear allegedly uses misleading branding on Atlantic salmon cubes sourced by Australis Foods, an aquaculture operation ...

The livestock industry is a major driver of Iowa’s economy. Animal agriculture is embedded in the history and culture of the state, from rural towns in the Driftless to the pork belt in the Northwest.

While the country’s farms tend to have high animal welfare standards, Bhutan also imports most of its meat.

A few weeks ago, after a grueling day of harvesting tobacco in eastern North Carolina, Zapata returned to the house he shared with other farmworkers and began to vomit uncontrollably. He recalls how ...

Iowa is the U.S. state with the most factory farms: 10,830 of them, to be exact. The massive scale of animal agriculture in Iowa produces staggering amounts of manure, more than its fields of corn, ...

Rebecca. L. Root is a multimedia journalist based in Bangkok but reporting globally. She covers humanitarian aid, human rights, global health, development and climate, among other things. Her work has ...

Sentient Media released the tool alongside a survey to address a gap in public awareness about Iowa’s factory farming industry.

Jessica Scott-Reid is Sentient's Disinformation Correspondent covering disinformation, misinformation and the impact of both on culture. A freelance journalist based in Canada, Jessica has covered ...

Sophie Kevany is a freelance journalist writing for The Guardian, Sentient Media and other publications. She previously worked for Dow Jones and Agence France Presse (AFP) and has a Master’s in ...