Grey Moran

1 month ago | truthdig.com | Grey Moran

Every month, around 50 dairy farmworkers filter into a church basement in western New York after a grueling day of work. They order dinner from a local Mexican or Puerto Rican restaurant, and settle in to discuss how to organize for their rights to a dignified life and workplace under increasingly strained conditions. Under the Trump Administration, the largely immigrant workforce is facing an uptick of attacks on their rights.

1 month ago | sentientmedia.org | Grey Moran

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Livestock Behavior Research Unit, the primary federal lab dedicated to farm animal welfare research, has been decimated — with now just one scientist remaining on staff — by the Trump Administration’s mass firings of federal employees, Sentient confirmed with two former laboratory staff members.

2 months ago | sentientmedia.org | Grey Moran

Every month, around 50 dairy farmworkers filter into a church basement in western New York after a grueling day of work. They order dinner from a local Mexican or Puerto Rican restaurant, and settle in to discuss how to organize for their rights to a dignified life and workplace under increasingly strained conditions. Under the Trump Administration, the largely immigrant workforce is facing an uptick of attacks on their rights.

2 months ago | sentientmedia.org | Grey Moran

As avian flu enters an even more virulent phase, federal funding for animal disease outbreak research has been caught in the crosshairs of the Trump Administration – one of many initiatives targeted by the ongoing, sweeping review of federal government spending. This coincides with a muzzling of the Centers of Disease Control and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s public communications on avian flu.

2 months ago | sentientmedia.org | Grey Moran

As avian flu rapidly circulates in the U.S., Cal-Maine Foods, the nation’s largest egg producer, appears to be having a bumper year, bolstered in part by taxpayer bailouts in the multi-millions. The company’s stocks recently soared to a record high, as its net sales rose by a staggering 82 percent last quarter. Cal-Maine Foods expanded its operations last spring, paying around $110 million in cash to acquire the assets and facilities of another egg producer, ISE America.