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All reader donations made in 2026 will be matched $1 for $1 by a generous donor — up to $50,000.

Factory farming is one of the most damaging systems on the planet — yet its vast and often invisible impacts on animals, the environment, public health and rural communities remain largely out of sight.

That’s where we come in.

Our analysis found that 96% of climate news stories neglect to mention animal agriculture as a source of carbon emissions. Sentient exists to address a glaring blind spot throughout mainstream media coverage: reporting on factory farms and the industries profiting from the status quo. From communities fighting for clean water to policymakers pushing for reform, our reporting isn’t just informing people — it is empowering them.

In just a few years, Sentient has grown from a small newsroom into a trusted media organization, cited and republished by outlets like The New York Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and many, many more.

Our work surfaces the stories of frontline communities, pushes the powerful to confront important truths and drives our journalist colleagues to produce a better news ecosystem. Together we reach millions of readers and listeners, from policymakers in Washington to communities on the front lines of factory farm pollution.

Here is our impact report showing the change our donors made possible in 2025.

Where Your Donation Goes:

The role of nonprofit, nonpartisan media in holding power to account and debunking disinformation is more important than ever before. Watch this video to see what our team has been up to with the help of our donors’ support.

Here’s what your donation helps fund:

$25 helps us produce one issue of our newsletter ‘The Core’ with exclusive content from our reporting on factory farms.

$50 helps us review and proof a story translated into Spanish to reach more readers.

$350 helps fund one original reported article, such as GLP-1 Users Lose Weight, and Their Taste for Meat.

$500 and above helps fund an in-depth investigation reported by an experienced journalist, such as:

• At an Iowa Pork Plant, Piles of Dead Pigs and Wafting Sulphur Dioxide
• Police Bodycams Reveal Pattern of Deference to Meat Industry
• In the Arizona Desert, Where Your Neighbor Is an Alfalfa Farm

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Have a lasting impact on our work by becoming a recurring donor. Your support will help us deliver fact-checked reporting and feature investigations on the most pressing issues of our time, like these:

• The Study Big Meat Tried to Bury — and Why It Matters Again
• The Paperwork Trick Letting Factory Farms Pollute With Impunity
• How JBS Avoided $442M in Taxes While Expanding Factory Farms
• Factory Farms in Iowa Generate 110 Billion Pounds of Manure Per Year. No One Tracks Where It’s Going.
• The Climate Solution Sitting in America’s Trash

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