Grace Hussain @gracehussain.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Such an important and insightful conversation; glad @freedom.press put this together 021
Grace Hussain @gracehussain.bsky.social · 09/10/2025"'this reluctance to speak may be a form of anticipatory obedience, when it is coming from people who are in a relatively safe position to speak,' @greymoran.bsky.social says..." My latest looks at politics and freedom of the press. TLDR: sources are scared; it's hurting journalismsentientmedia.orgJournalism Has Become More Challenging, for Reporters and SourcesResearchers are more reluctant to give interviews since Trump returned to the White House. 010
Reposted by Grace HussainSentient @sentientmedia.org · 21/07/2025After Steven Barrows left his job at a hog slaughtering facility in Sioux City, Iowa, he sent a tip to the Environmental Protection Agency. In the tip, Barrows described the parking lot of Seaboard Triumph Foods LLC as a “dump site for rotten meats.” @ninaelkadi.com reports: buff.ly/Ta66gSRsentientmedia.orgAt an Iowa Pork Plant, Piles of Dead Pigs and Wafting Sulphur DioxideWhen climate technology breaks down, the results can be deadly. 11815
Reposted by Grace HussainGrey Moran @greymoran.bsky.social · 07/07/2025I wrote about how an outpouring of community support has helped free 3 detained farmworkers in VT “The speed and efficacy of the response is due to the groundwork that we’ve been laying now for over a decade,” -Rachel Elliott of @migrantjustice.bsky.social sentientmedia.org/vermont-resi...sentientmedia.orgIn Vermont, Residents Are Fighting to Free Their Dairy Farmworker NeighborsThe dairy industry in Vermont relies heavily on immigrant hires, workers who are now being detained and deported. And sometimes freed. 031
Grace Hussain @gracehussain.bsky.social · 11/06/2025"These ads reflect a rhetorical trend in rightwing political campaigns: the use of language invoking meat to dehumanize transgender people — and then justify extreme anti-trans laws...This grotesque language is trafficking in a common form of disinformation." reporting by @greymoran.bsky.socialsentientmedia.orgWhy Anti-Trans Campaigns Keep Returning to the Politics of MeatRecent anti-trans political ads were funded in part by meat industry trade groups, including multiple ads comparing trans people to cattle. 296
Reposted by Grace HussainSentient @sentientmedia.org · 16/04/2025As detention numbers creep upward, some advocates worry that detainees could be compelled to work to fill gaps in the workforce of some of the most dangerous jobs in the country, including on factory farms and in slaughterhouses. @gracehussain.bsky.social reports:buff.lyCould People in ICE Detention Centers Be Forced to Work in Slaughterhouses?The precedent in prisons exists. 2159
Grace Hussain @gracehussain.bsky.social · 04/04/2025I legitimately loved reading Erica's paper critiquing "food deserts," as I was reporting on the same. So glad it's now live on the internet!sentientmedia.orgWhat ‘Food Desert’ Means — and Why the Term Is MisleadingNew research outlines the anti-Black and anti-Indigenous assumptions of the term. 021
Reposted by Grace HussainGrey Moran @greymoran.bsky.social · 04/04/2025When so many institutions are cowering to the demands of the Trump Administration, it was refreshing to read @gracehussain.bsky.social's profile of lawyer Dãnia Davy leading workshops for farmers with titles like "What to Expect When You're Expecting Fascism" sentientmedia.org/helping-farm...sentientmedia.orgHow One Lawyer’s Helping Farmers Navigate Trump’s Policy LandscapeDãnia Davy has been tracking executive orders for farmers since day one, free of charge. 042
Reposted by Grace HussainAlexander J. Stein @ajstein.bsky.social · 13/02/2025(2/3) Animal products, esp. ruminant #meat and luxury commodities like #coffee & cocoa, have 100x higher #extinction opportunity costs than #grains & roots. Together with #dairy, #pig & #poultry products they form the majority of per-capita consumption impacts: doi.org/10.33774/coe... #beef #pork 011
Grace Hussain @gracehussain.bsky.social · 30/01/2025I'm looking to talk with someone doing research on mitigating the impacts of livestock systems who has had their funding paused by the ongoing federal funding pause. If you'd be willing to talk with me please reach out! Grace@sentientmedia.org. 🙏🏽 000
Grace Hussain @gracehussain.bsky.social · 23/01/2025The health agencies public comms pause will last until at least Feb 1, after RFK's confirmation hearing. RFK is an avid supporter of raw milk and has indicated his intent to expand national access. Bird flu, which continues to be a growing concern, can spread via raw milk.time.comHealth Agencies On Communications PauseThe Trump Administration will temporarily review and approve their public communications. 121
Grace Hussain @gracehussain.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Friendly reminder that the scientific method we follow is socially constructed and that indigenous ways of knowing that have been upheld across generations are (at least as) credible. 😊 030
Grace Hussain @gracehussain.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Animal advocates will need to pivot hard in many ways to keep up their legal advocacy efforts in the face of the incoming Trump Administration. I spoke with animal law expert @delcianna.bsky.social.truthdig.comHow Animal Advocates Are Bracing for Trump’s Return - TruthdigAn interview with Delci Winders, director of the Animal Law and Policy Institute at Vermont Law and Graduate School. 0228
Reposted by Grace HussainSentient @sentientmedia.org · 12/12/2024Big Meat sidestepped accountability to keep consumers coming back in 2024. @jesslsr.bsky.social explains: sentientmedia.org/big-meat-reb...sentientmedia.orgHow Big Meat Worked to Rebrand in 2024 — Using DisinformationA look back at the year’s manipulative messaging. 3217
Reposted by Grace HussainSentient @sentientmedia.org · 03/12/2024At COP29, the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action made a big climate pledge — but is their plan feasible? @gracehussain.bsky.social fact-checks the pledge with the help of experts including @waiterich.bsky.social of @worldresources.bsky.social. Read in our newsletter: mailchi.mp/sentientmedi... 163
Reposted by Grace Hussaintalia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 28/11/2024BREAKING: Autonomous anti-genocide activists bring the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to a grinding halt after blockading the McDonald’s float for a second year in a row. “Those grinches who thinks they can disrupt the parade: it’s not going to happen,” Mayor Eric Adams said yesterday. 202184704511
Grace Hussain @gracehussain.bsky.social · 21/11/2024"'Food apartheid is important for us as a way to recognize the structural racism and the intentionality that’s associated with a lot of policy decisions that have led to inequities in food access [and] food distribution,' adds Laurie Beyranevand." 043
Grace Hussain @gracehussain.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Hello Bluesky! I report (mostly) on solutions to food systems issues @sentientmedia.bsky.social and research agricultural industrialization @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social; check out my work here: sentientmedia.org/author/grace...sentientmedia.orgGrace Hussain - SentientPosts by Grace Hussain - Grace covers farming and agricultural policy. Her reporting has been published in Truthdig and the Good Men Project. She holds her MS in Animals and Public Policy from Tufts U... 020