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Plant Based BriefingSales of Antibiotics for Farm Animals Jumped 16%, FDA Data ShowsSales of Antibiotics for Farm Animals Jumped 16%, FDA Data Shows The sharp one-year increase is raising concerns among public health experts.Listen to today's episode written by Natasha Gilbert at sentientmedia.org. **And check out the free documentary on antibiotic or antimicrobial resistance, THE END OF MEDICINE AS WE KNOW IT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAYHTr7NDdQ #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #antibioticresistance, #AMR #antimicrobialresistance ========================== Original Post: https://sentientmedia.org/sales-of-antibiotics-for-farm-animals-jumped/ ========================= Related Episodes: SEARCH: Use search feature at https://www.plantbasedbriefing.com/episodes-search
2026-02-1708 min
Plant Based BriefingCritics Declared Veganism Dead in 2025. Here's What Those Obituaries Are Missing by Jessica Scott-Reid at SentientMedia.orgCritics Declared Veganism Dead in 2025. Here's What Those Obituaries Are Missing. The massive scale and influence of the meat industry shouldn't be underestimated. "These eulogies for veganism tend to downplay this critical point: taking on the meat industry — a monster machine with unparalleled lobbying and marketing resources — was never a fair fight. Listen to today's episode written by Grey Moran and Miriam Quick at sentientmedia.org. #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #disinformation #animalag #bigfood #meatindustry #ripveganism ========================== Original Post: https://sentientmedia.org/postmortem-on-veganism-is-premature/ ========================= Related Episodes: SEARCH: Use search featur...
2026-01-2009 min
Freedom of SpeciesMeat PropagandaIn today’s show, Betty and Trev discuss the impact of persistent meat propaganda on the general perception of veganism and plant-based nutrition. Meat propaganda refers to marketing and media efforts that promote consumption of animal products while downplaying their environmental and health impacts. This can include misleading information that aims to protect the interests of meat, livestock and fishing industries, while discrediting veganism and undermining movements for animal liberation. In recent years, meat propaganda has been increasingly associated with far-right and nationalist influencers. Misinformation campaigns backed by the meat industry have primarily spread on the social media platform ‘X’. We ex...
2025-12-2100 min
Plant Based BriefingBeyond Meat’s Rumored Bankruptcy Is The Perfect Example of Food Media BiasBeyond Meat’s Rumored Bankruptcy Is The Perfect Example of Food Media Bias How rumors the brand was going bankrupt spread, and what that says about the discourse. Listen to today’s episode written by Jessica Scott-Reid at sentientmedia.org. #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #beyondmeat #mediabias #foodmedia #maha #carnivorediet ========================== Original Post: https://sentientmedia.org/beyond-meats-rumored-bankruptcy/ ========================= Related Episodes: SEARCH: Use search feature at https://www.plantbasedbriefing.com/episodes-search ====================== Sentient Media is a nonprofit news organization that is changing the conversation around animal agriculture across t...
2025-09-0507 min
Plant Based BriefingThe Meat Industry’s Hidden Link to WildfiresThe Meat Industry’s Hidden Link to Wildfires Cattle ranching fuels climate pollution, but its land-clearing effects can also make wildfires more likely to spread. Listen to today’s episode written by Jessica Scott-Reid at sentientmedia.org. #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #wildfires #climatechange #meatandclimatechange #ghg ========================== Original Post: https://sentientmedia.org/meat-industrys-link-to-wildfires/ ========================= Related Episodes: SEARCH: Use search feature at https://www.plantbasedbriefing.com/episodes-search ====================== Sentient Media is a nonprofit news organization that is changing the conversation around animal agriculture across the globe. They seek to c...
2025-07-0407 min
Plant Based BriefingPennsylvania Egg Brand Agrees to Drop Deceptive ‘Free-Roaming’ LabelPennsylvania Egg Brand Agrees to Drop Deceptive ‘Free-Roaming’ Label Pennsylvania egg brand Alderfer advertised its eggs as “free-roaming,” was sued after footage showed they were lying and misleading consumers. Listen to today’s episode written by Jessica Scott-Reid at sentientmedia.org. #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #eggs #humanehoax #alderfereggs #freerange #humanelyraised #freeroaming #humaneeggs #deceptivelabels #deceptivemarketing ========================== Original Post: hhttps://sentientmedia.org/pennsylvania-egg-brand-deceptive-label/ ========================= Related Episodes: 907: Deceptive Animal Product Labels https://plantbasedbriefing.libsyn.com/907-deceptive-animal-product-labels-from-animaloutlookorg 905: Eggs from Rescued Hens https://plantbasedbriefing.libsyn.com/905-eggs-from-rescued-hens-from-rooster-sanctuary-at-danzigs-roost-posted-at-all-creaturesorg 52: The Rescue of...
2025-05-2109 min
Plant Based Briefing[Part 2] MAHA’s ‘Natural’ Foods Obsession Doesn’t Account for the Way We Actually EatMAHA’s ‘Natural’ Foods Obsession Doesn’t Account for the Way We Actually Eat (Part 2) In the 2nd half of this episode, learn how the MAHA movement’s desire to eat more “naturally” may be grounded in a need for people to feel empowered, but it’s definitely not scalable to earth this way. Reminds me of a quote from Sailesh Rao in The End of Medicine film, "When we say we'll go back to small scale farming, we're basically saying the problem is not that WE'RE eating animal foods, the problem is that the riffraff are eating animal fo...
2025-05-1408 min
Plant Based Briefing[Part 1] MAHA’s ‘Natural’ Foods Obsession Doesn’t Account for the Way We Actually EatMAHA’s ‘Natural’ Foods Obsession Doesn’t Account for the Way We Actually Eat (Part 1) From homesteading to organic farming, raw milk to backyard eggs, the trend toward traditional living may seek simplicity and nostalgia. But it often overlooks the complexities of scaling food systems, and promotes misleading ideas about what’s “natural.” Written by Jessica Scott-Reid at sentientmedia.org. #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #maha #naturalfoods #naturalfoodsobsession #plantbasedbacklash #smallscalefarming #familyfarm #regenerativefarming #sustainability #epistemicallyopaque #carnivorediet #whitenationalism #hypermasculinity ========================== Original Post: https://sentientmedia.org/mahas-natural-foods-obsession/ ========================= Sentient Media is a nonprofit news organization th...
2025-05-1306 min
Plant Based Briefing[Part 2] High-Protein Diets Are Popular — but They Certainly Aren’t SustainableHigh-Protein Diets Are Popular — but They Certainly Aren’t Sustainable (Part 2) In the second half of this episode, hear about the health and environmental impacts of high protein diets like Carnivore, Paleo, Keto, etc. Written by Jessica Scott-Reid at sentientmedia.org. #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #carnivorediet #paleo #keto #faddiets #nutrition #plantbasednutrition #sustainable #fiber ========================== Original Post: https://sentientmedia.org/high-protein-diets/ Related Episodes: 900: How Did the Carnivore Diet Become So Popular? https://plantbasedbriefing.libsyn.com/900-how-did-the-carnivore-diet-become-so-popular-by-nelson-huber-disla-at-nutritionstudiesorg 899: The Carnivore Diet: What Does the Evidence Say? https://plantbasedbriefing.libsyn.com/899-the-ca...
2025-04-0405 min
Plant Based Briefing[Part 1] High-Protein Diets Are Popular — but They Certainly Aren’t SustainableHigh-Protein Diets Are Popular — but They Certainly Aren’t Sustainable (Part 1) From Atkins to Carnivore, a look at the evolution and risks of high-protein diets. Written by Jessica Scott-Reid at sentientmedia.org. #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #carnivorediet #paleo #keto #faddiets #nutrition #plantbasednutrition #sustainable ========================== Original Post: https://sentientmedia.org/high-protein-diets/ Related Episodes: ========================= Sentient Media is a nonprofit news organization that is changing the conversation around animal agriculture across the globe. They seek to create and sustain a sense of global urgency about the agriculture industry’s impact...
2025-04-0307 min
Plant Based Briefing[Part 2] How Big Meat Worked to Rebrand in 2024 — Using DisinformationHow Big Meat Worked to Rebrand in 2024 — Using Disinformation - Part 2 In the 2nd half of this episode, hear a couple more misleading myths perpetuated by the meat industry in 2024. Written by Jessica Scott-Reid at @sentientmediaorg #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #bigmeat #meat #animalagriculture #marketing #disinformation #plantbasedmeat #climatechange #ghg ========================== Original Post: https://sentientmedia.org/big-meat-rebrand-disinformation/ Related Episodes/Resources: 393: The Use of Chickens in Agricultural Research: An Eye-Opening Look at Unspeakable Cruelty https://plantbasedbriefing.libsyn.com/393-the-use-of-chickens-in-agricultural-research-an-eye-opening-look-at-unspeakable-cruelty-by-karen-davis-at-upc-onlineorg 137: The Sad Link Between Animal Agriculture and Exper...
2024-12-2708 min
Plant Based Briefing[Part 1] How Big Meat Worked to Rebrand in 2024 — Using DisinformationHow Big Meat Worked to Rebrand in 2024 — Using Disinformation - Part 1 A look back at the year’s manipulative messaging from the meat industry. Written by Jessica Scott-Reid at @sentientmediaorg #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #bigmeat #meat #animalagriculture #marketing #disinformation #plantbasedmeat #climatechange #ghg ========================== Original Post: https://sentientmedia.org/big-meat-rebrand-disinformation/ ========================= Sentient Media is a nonprofit news organization that is changing the conversation around animal agriculture across the globe. They seek to create and sustain a sense of global urgency about the agriculture industry’s impact on the climate crisis, extraction of natu...
2024-12-2607 min
Plant Based Briefing5 Myths About Your Turkey Dinner5 Myths About Your Turkey Dinner by Jessica Scott-Reid at SentientMedia.org Original post: https://sentientmedia.org/5-myths-about-your-turkey-dinner/ 14 Vegan Thanksgiving Main Dishes! (from It Doesn’t Taste Like Chicken): https://itdoesnttastelikechicken.com/14-vegan-thanksgiving-main-dishes Related Episodes: 689: Inside a Turkey Factory by Jim Mason posted at All-Creatures.org 672: The Modern Turkey: In Need of Thanksgiving Deliverance by Karen Davis at UPC-Online.org 664: 12 Wonderful Turkey Facts That Will Make Your Thanksgiving a Vegan One by Shriya Swaminathan at VegNews.com 410: The Mother Turkey and Her Young by Karen...
2024-11-1810 min
Plant Based Briefing915: [Part 2] Navigating Social Situations on Your Vegan Path by Angela Crawford at AngelaCrawfordphd.com[Part 2] Navigating Social Situations on Your Vegan Path by Angela Crawford at AngelaCrawfordphd.com Original post: https://angelacrawfordphd.com/2024/10/03/navigating-social-situations-on-your-vegan-path/ Related Episodes: 694: 7 Tips for a More Sustainable Holiday Celebration by Jessica Scott-Reid at SentientMedia.org 673: How To Stay Vegan During the Holidays With Non-Vegans by Emily Moran Barwick at BiteSizeVegan.org 658: Don’t Feed Your Holiday Pumpkins to Wild Animals by Grace Hussain at SentientMedia.org 311: What Vegans See - A Post for Non-Vegans. By Emily Moran Barwick at BiteSizeVegan.org 100: What's Wrong With...
2024-10-2507 min
Plant Based BriefingDeceptive Animal Product LabelsDeceptive Animal Product Labels from AnimalOutlook.org Original https://animaloutlook.org/deceptive-animal-product-labels/ Animal Outlook Foster Farms Investigation: https://animaloutlook.org/investigations/foster-farms-2024/ Hope for the Animals Podcast - Reason for Vegan Series Animal Outlook’s TryVeg.com: https://tryveg.com/ Humane Hoax Website (and anthology): https://www.humanehoax.org/ Related Episodes: 740: Everyone Is Talking About Green-Washing, It's Time To Talk About Humane-Washing by Ed Winters at SurgeActivism.org 726: Lessons From Successful “Transfarmations” by Zuzana Sperlova at Faunalytics.org 688: Ho...
2024-10-1508 min
Plant Based Briefing[Part 2] Why Rodeos Are Still Popular[Part 2] Why Rodeos Are Still Popular When Marine Parks and the Circus Are Declining by Jessica Scott-Reid at SentientMedia.org Original post: https://sentientmedia.org/why-rodeos-are-still-popular/ Related Episodes: 74: Stop Rodeos: Rodeo Fact Sheet at All-Creatures.org Sentient Media is a nonprofit news organization that is changing the conversation around animal agriculture across the globe. They seek to create and sustain a sense of global urgency about the agriculture industry’s impact on the climate crisis, extraction of natural resources and systematic exploitation of the fringes of society. They're doing this through critical commentary, inve...
2024-08-0707 min
Plant Based Briefing[Part 1] Why Rodeos Are Still Popular When Marine Parks and the Circus Are Declining[Part 1] Why Rodeos Are Still Popular When Marine Parks and the Circus Are Declining by Jessica Scott-Reid at SentientMedia.org Original post: https://sentientmedia.org/why-rodeos-are-still-popular/ Sentient Media is a nonprofit news organization that is changing the conversation around animal agriculture across the globe. They seek to create and sustain a sense of global urgency about the agriculture industry’s impact on the climate crisis, extraction of natural resources and systematic exploitation of the fringes of society. They're doing this through critical commentary, investigative journalism, creating resources, strengthening the journalist and advocate community, part...
2024-08-0606 min
Plant Based BriefingHomesteading Is a Viral Trend, but ‘Butchery Gone Awry’ Is Its Dark SideHomesteading Is a Viral Trend, but ‘Butchery Gone Awry’ Is Its Dark Side by Jessica Scott-Reid at SentientMedia. Original post: https://sentientmedia.org/homesteading-butchery-gone-awry/ My Guest Appearance on Hope for the Animals Podcast discussing Femivorism: https://hopefortheanimalspodcast.org/episode-80-the-humane-hoax-book-club-session-2/ Human Hoax Book/Chapter About Femivorism: https://www.humanehoax.org/books Sentient Media is a nonprofit news organization that is changing the conversation around animal agriculture across the globe. They seek to create and sustain a sense of global urgency about the agriculture industry’s impact on the climate...
2024-07-1709 min
Plant Based BriefingIs ‘Climate-Friendly Beef’ Always Just Greenwashing?Is ‘Climate-Friendly Beef’ Always Just Greenwashing? by Björn Ólafsson at SentientMedia.org Original post: https://sentientmedia.org/climate-friendly-beef-greenwashing/ Related Episodes: 243: How Grass-Fed Beef is Duping Consumers, Again by Jessica Scott-Reid at SentientMedia.com and posted at All-Creatures.org 326: Eating our way to Extinction – Film Review by Bronwyn Slater at VeganSustainability.com 227: How Deforestation for Animal Agriculture Threatens Our Forests by ProVeg.com 260: [Part 2] How Meat Harms Wildlife from the Center for Biological Diversity at TakeExtinctionOffYourPlate.com 259: [Part 1] How Meat Harms Wildlife. By the Center for Biolog...
2024-04-1810 min
Plant Based Briefing‘The Smell of Money’ Film Is Bringing Together Environmental and Food Justice Advocates‘The Smell of Money’ Film Is Bringing Together Environmental and Food Justice Advocates by Jessica Scott-Reid at SentientMedia.org Original post: https://sentientmedia.org/the-smell-of-money-film/ Sentient Media is a nonprofit news organization that is changing the conversation around animal agriculture across the globe. They seek to create and sustain a sense of global urgency about the agriculture industry’s impact on the climate crisis, extraction of natural resources and systematic exploitation of the fringes of society. They're doing this through critical commentary, investigative journalism, creating resources, strengthening the journalist and advocate community...
2024-03-2507 min
Plant Based Briefing7 Tips for a More Sustainable Holiday Celebration7 Tips for a More Sustainable Holiday Celebration by Jessica Scott-Reid at SentientMedia.org Original post: https://sentientmedia.org/sustainable-holiday-celebration/ Sentient Media is a nonprofit news organization that is changing the conversation around animal agriculture across the globe. They seek to create and sustain a sense of global urgency about the agriculture industry’s impact on the climate crisis, extraction of natural resources and systematic exploitation of the fringes of society. They're doing this through critical commentary, investigative journalism, creating resources, strengthening the journalist and advocate community, partnering with publishers and holding the m...
2023-12-2107 min
Plant Based BriefingFarmers Are Leaving Animals to Die During Natural Disasters — and Getting Paid for ItFarmers Are Leaving Animals to Die During Natural Disasters — and Getting Paid for It by Jessica Scott-Reid at SentientMedia.org Original post: https://sentientmedia.org/farmers-animals-natural-disasters/ Sentient Media is a nonprofit news organization that is changing the conversation around animal agriculture across the globe. They seek to create and sustain a sense of global urgency about the agriculture industry’s impact on the climate crisis, extraction of natural resources and systematic exploitation of the fringes of society. They're doing this through critical commentary, investigative journalism, creating resources, strengthening the journalist and advocat...
2023-12-1110 min
Plant Based BriefingThere’s Nothing Natural About Modern MeatThere’s Nothing Natural About Modern Meat by Jessica Scott-Reid at SentientMedia.org Original post: https://sentientmedia.org/unnaturally-modern-meat/ Related Episodes: 183: Are Beyond Meat and the Impossible Burger Healthy? 332: [Part 1] Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) - Increasing the Risk of Pandemics 333: [Part 2] Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) - Increasing the Impact of Pandemics 376: What is Really In Your Food? Related Documentaries: The End of Medicine As We Know It - Vegmovies.com or Lockwood Films Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About...
2023-09-0407 min
Plant Based BriefingThe Cruelest Part of Dairy Farming Is Totally LegalThe cruelest part of dairy farming is totally legal by Jessica Scott-Reid at SentientMedia.org Original post: https://sentientmedia.org/the-cruelest-part-of-dairy-farming-is-totally-legal/ Related Episodes: 57: The Honest Truth: An Interview with a Former Dairy Farm Worker 82: Stop (Saying) Factory Farming 213: [Part 1] The Humane Hoax: Factory Farming vs Alternative Farming 214: [Part 2] The Humane Hoax: Factory Farming vs Alternative Farming Sentient Media is a nonprofit news organization that is changing the conversation around animal agriculture across the globe. They seek to cre...
2023-02-0609 min
Plant Based BriefingPlease Don’t Gift a Cow for the HolidaysPlease don’t gift a cow for the holidays by Jessica Scott-Reid at SentientMedia.org. Original post: https://sentientmedia.org/farm-animal-gifting/ Sentient Media is a nonprofit news organization that is changing the conversation around animal agriculture across the globe. They seek to create and sustain a sense of global urgency about the agriculture industry’s impact on the climate crisis, extraction of natural resources and systematic exploitation of the fringes of society. They're doing this through critical commentary, investigative journalism, creating resources, strengthening the journalist and advocate community, partnering with p...
2022-12-1906 min
Sentient: The Podcast030 Nicholas Carter: The Facts About Food ProductionIn this episode of the Sentient Media Podcast, we meet Nicholas Carter to tackle the myths around animal agriculture. Watch the interview on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/jl8xG6TVhyc Nicholas is an ecologist and co-founder of PlantBasedData.org, a library of peer-reviewed articles and summaries on the environmental, health, economic, and zoonotic disease evidence to shift to plant-based diets. He’s recently prepared a scientific report for World Animal Protection, including a contribution to carbon modeling with Navius Research, on the impacts and opportunities with agriculture in Canada.Nicholas is also on t...
2022-12-0856 min
Sentient: The Podcast024 Jessica Scott-Reid: Carving out a space for animals in the mediaWatch our conversation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/c1A2YTDfYK8 Find Jessica on Twitter and Instagram:https://twitter.com/JessLReidhttps://www.instagram.com/jesslsr/ Jessica’s author page at Sentient Media:https://sentientmedia.org/author/jessicascottreid/ Jessica’s articles about horses:https://sentientmedia.org/taking-on-canadas-horse-meat-industry/https://sentientmedia.org/black-lives-matter-protests-police-horses-oppression/Jessica’s articles about Greenwashing:https://sentientmedia.org/how-grass-fed-beef-is-duping-consumers-again/https://sentientmedia.org/there-is-no-such-thing-as-sustainable-beef/Jessica’s articles about ag-gag laws:https://sentientmed...
2022-05-2547 min
Plant Based BriefingWe Now Know Fish Feel Pain. Why Continue Harming Them In The Billions?The science is clear: fish can feel pain and want to avoid it. Can we continue to ignore the facts in the face of killing as many as one trillion aquatic animals every year? By Jessica Scott-Reid at SentientMedia.org and posted at All-Creatures.org. Original post: https://www.all-creatures.org/articles2/fish-pain-harming-fishes.html Jessica Scott-Reid is a Canadian freelance writer and co-host of the animal law podcast Paw & Order: https://animaljustice.ca/podcast All-Creatures is a non-profit dedicated to cruelty-free living through a vegan lifestyle according to Judeo-Christian ethics. Their website is f...
2022-04-1208 minPlant Based BriefingHow Grass-Fed Beef is Duping Consumers, AgainHow grass-fed beef is duping consumers, again. By Jessica Scott-Reid at SentientMedia.org and posted at All-Creatures.org. Original post: https://www.all-creatures.org/articles2/mdi-grass-fed-beef.html Jessica Scott-Reid is a Canadian freelance writer and co-host of the animal law podcast Paw & Order: https://animaljustice.ca/podcast All-Creatures is a non-profit dedicated to cruelty-free living through a vegan lifestyle according to Judeo-Christian ethics. Their website is filled with vegan resources relating to animal issues, including bible studies, how to stop cruelty in churches, blogs, quotes and poetry, and lots of great resources for an...
2022-03-3008 min
Sentient: The Podcast010 ARTICLE READING: How Grass-Fed Beef Is Duping Consumers, Again“When you have cattle grazing on these grassland landscapes, it really encourages plant and soil biodiversity,” says cattle rancher Ross Macdonald, as he wanders through a bucolic landscape in central Canada. “See that soil is alive,” he adds as dirt falls through his fingers. “The cattle and the ecosystem coexist,” echoes fellow rancher Lieschen Beretta, standing in a lush field in Ontario, “and they actually need each other.” No, this is not a conversation from a webinar on regenerative agriculture or from a conference on climate change. It’s from a new advertising campaign by Canadian fast-food compa...
2021-05-2408 min