Mariann Sullivan
@marisul.bsky.social
Co-host of Our Hen House podcast and host of Animal Law Podcast. Lawyer, teacher, animal lover.
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Slaughterhouses Harbor Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria That Give People Urinary Tract Infections - sentientmedia.org/slaughterhou...
Slaughterhouses Harbor Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria That Give People Urinary Tract Infections
A growing body of evidence links antibiotic overuse in meat production to infections in humans.
sentientmedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Slaughterhouses Harbor Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria That Give People Urinary Tract Infections - sentientmedia.org/slaughterhou...
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FarmSTAND celebrated a lot of wins last month! Join our mailing list to be among the first to hear about them. In addition to our monthly newsletters, our email subscribers get breaking news and updates in the fight for a fair food system.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
FarmSTAND celebrated a lot of wins last month! Join our mailing list to be among the first to hear about them. In addition to our monthly newsletters, our email subscribers get breaking news and updates in the fight for a fair food system.
Join the movement ➡️ farmstand.org/signup
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My latest, drawing from 100+ studies:
iffs.earth/living-repor...
Years in the making, I focus on the science behind the grazing side of regenerative agriculture, comparing it with a plant-based food system that enables large-scale rewilding.
iffs.earth/living-repor...
Years in the making, I focus on the science behind the grazing side of regenerative agriculture, comparing it with a plant-based food system that enables large-scale rewilding.
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
My latest, drawing from 100+ studies:
iffs.earth/living-repor...
Years in the making, I focus on the science behind the grazing side of regenerative agriculture, comparing it with a plant-based food system that enables large-scale rewilding.
iffs.earth/living-repor...
Years in the making, I focus on the science behind the grazing side of regenerative agriculture, comparing it with a plant-based food system that enables large-scale rewilding.
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Here’s what has happened:
Early-history farmers kept tribal stories of earlier times of their ancestors who were foragers, when food grew on trees, and people moved with the seasons.
There were no surpluses. Hence, no wealth. No idea of property or land ownership.
Not much to fight over.
Here’s what has happened:
Early-history farmers kept tribal stories of earlier times of their ancestors who were foragers, when food grew on trees, and people moved with the seasons.
There were no surpluses. Hence, no wealth. No idea of property or land ownership.
Not much to fight over.
November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Here’s what has happened:
Early-history farmers kept tribal stories of earlier times of their ancestors who were foragers, when food grew on trees, and people moved with the seasons.
There were no surpluses. Hence, no wealth. No idea of property or land ownership.
Not much to fight over.
Here’s what has happened:
Early-history farmers kept tribal stories of earlier times of their ancestors who were foragers, when food grew on trees, and people moved with the seasons.
There were no surpluses. Hence, no wealth. No idea of property or land ownership.
Not much to fight over.
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Victory! Bangladesh launches a national mission to free captive elephants and rehabilitate them in the wild. A huge step toward compassion and freedom for Asia’s gentle giants. ladyfreethinker.org/victory-bang...
November 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Victory! Bangladesh launches a national mission to free captive elephants and rehabilitate them in the wild. A huge step toward compassion and freedom for Asia’s gentle giants. ladyfreethinker.org/victory-bang...
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Proponents of animal welfare point to survey after survey showing Americans care about animal welfare, but while that's the case, Americans tend to know next to nothing about the food system. That's why "humane," "free-range," and other claims appeal, because they seem like viable options.
Proponents of animal welfare point to survey after survey showing Americans care about animal welfare, but while that's the case, Americans tend to know next to nothing about the food system. That's why "humane," "free-range," and other claims appeal, because they seem like viable options.
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Proponents of animal welfare point to survey after survey showing Americans care about animal welfare, but while that's the case, Americans tend to know next to nothing about the food system. That's why "humane," "free-range," and other claims appeal, because they seem like viable options.
Proponents of animal welfare point to survey after survey showing Americans care about animal welfare, but while that's the case, Americans tend to know next to nothing about the food system. That's why "humane," "free-range," and other claims appeal, because they seem like viable options.
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"While ultra-processed plant-based foods are less healthy than whole plant foods, they may offer better cardiometabolic outcomes than unprocessed animal-based products. [P]roducts such as plant-based milks, meat analogs, and margarine may facilitate dietary shifts."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Ultra-processed Plant Foods: Are They Worse than their Unprocessed Animal-Based Counterparts? - Current Nutrition Reports
Purpose of the Review This review aims to compare the impact of unprocessed animal foods with ultra-processed plant-based alternatives, particularly plant-based milks, plant-based meat analogs, and ma...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"While ultra-processed plant-based foods are less healthy than whole plant foods, they may offer better cardiometabolic outcomes than unprocessed animal-based products. [P]roducts such as plant-based milks, meat analogs, and margarine may facilitate dietary shifts."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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RFK Jr is expected to recommend eating more saturated fats, dairy, and meat.
Read more on the PBN website.
https://f.mtr.cool/ifwipfekry
Read more on the PBN website.
https://f.mtr.cool/ifwipfekry
November 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
RFK Jr is expected to recommend eating more saturated fats, dairy, and meat.
Read more on the PBN website.
https://f.mtr.cool/ifwipfekry
Read more on the PBN website.
https://f.mtr.cool/ifwipfekry
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#BirdFlu
"...a deadly strain of bird flu, known as H5N1. First detected in poultry in 1996, by 2020 this highly pathogenic form of the virus had mutated to spread easily among wild bird populations. By 2022, it also began to transmit directly from mammal to mammal"
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"...a deadly strain of bird flu, known as H5N1. First detected in poultry in 1996, by 2020 this highly pathogenic form of the virus had mutated to spread easily among wild bird populations. By 2022, it also began to transmit directly from mammal to mammal"
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
'It was a horrible scene to witness': How bird flu has decimated elephant seal populations
The sudden decimation by bird flu of the world's largest seal species has sent shockwaves through the scientific community, and the ecosystems shaped by these majestic animals.
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
#BirdFlu
"...a deadly strain of bird flu, known as H5N1. First detected in poultry in 1996, by 2020 this highly pathogenic form of the virus had mutated to spread easily among wild bird populations. By 2022, it also began to transmit directly from mammal to mammal"
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
"...a deadly strain of bird flu, known as H5N1. First detected in poultry in 1996, by 2020 this highly pathogenic form of the virus had mutated to spread easily among wild bird populations. By 2022, it also began to transmit directly from mammal to mammal"
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Republicans want to turn the American West into a discount feedlot for special interests.
Cattle ranching on public lands degrades these sacred wild places, pushing endangered species towards extinction.
They’re handing out a blank check for more destruction
westernwatersheds.org/2025/10/new-...
Cattle ranching on public lands degrades these sacred wild places, pushing endangered species towards extinction.
They’re handing out a blank check for more destruction
westernwatersheds.org/2025/10/new-...
New Trump Proposals, Unveiled During a Government Shutdown, Benefit Narrow Commercial Beef Interests at the Expense of Western Public Lands - Western Watersheds Project
For immediate release: October 24, 2025 Media contacts: Josh Osher, Western Watersheds Project (406) 220-2883; josh@westernwatersheds.org Chandra Rosenthal, PEER (303) 898-0798; crosenthal@peer.org Li...
westernwatersheds.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Republicans want to turn the American West into a discount feedlot for special interests.
Cattle ranching on public lands degrades these sacred wild places, pushing endangered species towards extinction.
They’re handing out a blank check for more destruction
westernwatersheds.org/2025/10/new-...
Cattle ranching on public lands degrades these sacred wild places, pushing endangered species towards extinction.
They’re handing out a blank check for more destruction
westernwatersheds.org/2025/10/new-...
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New paper finds rampant illegal shark fin trafficking, despite >100 threatened sharks and rays being listed on CITES in the past 20 years.
Evidence is becoming very strong that the only effective way to protect sharks is to stop the fisheries catching them.
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Evidence is becoming very strong that the only effective way to protect sharks is to stop the fisheries catching them.
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
International trade regulations take a limited bite out of the shark fin trade
Survey uncovers widespread illegal shark fin trade despite nearly a decade of international regulation.
www.science.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New paper finds rampant illegal shark fin trafficking, despite >100 threatened sharks and rays being listed on CITES in the past 20 years.
Evidence is becoming very strong that the only effective way to protect sharks is to stop the fisheries catching them.
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Evidence is becoming very strong that the only effective way to protect sharks is to stop the fisheries catching them.
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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NEW EPISODE: Vegan Menu Tantrums and Deadly Dairy 'Career Changes' 🎙️
@marisul.bsky.social exposes dairy industry euphemisms and a chef's refusal to cook vegetables for Prince William.
Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep865
@marisul.bsky.social exposes dairy industry euphemisms and a chef's refusal to cook vegetables for Prince William.
Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep865
November 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
NEW EPISODE: Vegan Menu Tantrums and Deadly Dairy 'Career Changes' 🎙️
@marisul.bsky.social exposes dairy industry euphemisms and a chef's refusal to cook vegetables for Prince William.
Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep865
@marisul.bsky.social exposes dairy industry euphemisms and a chef's refusal to cook vegetables for Prince William.
Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep865
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When Big Ag and food corporations make climate promises they know they won't keep, that's greenwashing. Nestle is just the latest to prove we can't trust corporations to do the right thing. www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Nestle quietly exits global initiative to reduce dairy methane emissions
Nestle quietly exits global initiative to reduce dairy methane emissions
www.latimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
When Big Ag and food corporations make climate promises they know they won't keep, that's greenwashing. Nestle is just the latest to prove we can't trust corporations to do the right thing. www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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A California animal rights activist was found guilty of breaking into a meat processing plant and stealing four chickens she said had been mistreated, in a trial that was being closely watched by animal rights groups and the agricultural industry.
She Said She Was Rescuing Chickens. A Jury Convicted Her of Conspiracy.
Zoe Rosenberg, a California animal rights activist, was found guilty of conspiracy and trespassing for taking four chickens from a poultry plant.
nyti.ms
October 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A California animal rights activist was found guilty of breaking into a meat processing plant and stealing four chickens she said had been mistreated, in a trial that was being closely watched by animal rights groups and the agricultural industry.
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The We Animals Stock Platform offers over 35,000 truthful images and videos documenting the lives of animals in places such as factory farms, slaughterhouses, fur farms, and roadside zoos.
We Animals Photojournalism Platform Challenges Visual Clichés
The We Animals Stock Platform, a pioneering animal photojournalism platform, offers over 35,000 truthful images and videos documenting the lives of animals in places such as factory farms…
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October 31, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The We Animals Stock Platform offers over 35,000 truthful images and videos documenting the lives of animals in places such as factory farms, slaughterhouses, fur farms, and roadside zoos.
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Seven Republican states have banned cultivated meat, including my so-called Free State of Florida. What happened to free markets and free competition? Since when do politicians get to tell me what to eat?
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Seven Republican states have banned cultivated meat, including my so-called Free State of Florida. What happened to free markets and free competition? Since when do politicians get to tell me what to eat?
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“It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.”
Disappointing verdict, but we fought like hell and will keep fighting like hell.
Disappointing verdict, but we fought like hell and will keep fighting like hell.
UC Berkeley animal rights activist convicted in ‘chicken rescue’ trial
A UC Berkeley senior has been found guilty of taking four chickens from a Petaluma-area poultry processing facility, a verdict that figures to send shock waves through the animal rights movement.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.”
Disappointing verdict, but we fought like hell and will keep fighting like hell.
Disappointing verdict, but we fought like hell and will keep fighting like hell.
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Another Big Ag effort to weaken regulation against extreme animal confinement has failed. Measures like Massachusetts' Question 3 and California's Prop 12 benefit animals, workers, public health, and independent farmers. meatingplace.com/appeals-cour...
Appeals Court Rules on Massachusetts Farm Animal Welfare Law
A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s rejection of a challenge by a group of Midwest pork producers to the Massachusetts Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act, known as Question 3. The…
meatingplace.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Another Big Ag effort to weaken regulation against extreme animal confinement has failed. Measures like Massachusetts' Question 3 and California's Prop 12 benefit animals, workers, public health, and independent farmers. meatingplace.com/appeals-cour...
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Myths about our ancestors' meaty diets animate modern politics and culture wars about food and identity. But the history of human diets tells a different story about food's past and lets us be more rational about its future.
@gnrosenberg.bsky.social & I for @vox.com
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
@gnrosenberg.bsky.social & I for @vox.com
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
The myth of the carnivore caveman
You are not going to like where our ancestors got their protein.
www.vox.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Myths about our ancestors' meaty diets animate modern politics and culture wars about food and identity. But the history of human diets tells a different story about food's past and lets us be more rational about its future.
@gnrosenberg.bsky.social & I for @vox.com
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
@gnrosenberg.bsky.social & I for @vox.com
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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ICYMI: Meatpacking plants have long polluted towns of low-income & people of color. In 2024, Investigate Midwest found nearly half sit in ZIP codes where 40%+ live below twice the poverty level. In Postville, IA, one plant spilled 250K gallons of waste.
investigatemidwest.o...
investigatemidwest.o...
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
ICYMI: Meatpacking plants have long polluted towns of low-income & people of color. In 2024, Investigate Midwest found nearly half sit in ZIP codes where 40%+ live below twice the poverty level. In Postville, IA, one plant spilled 250K gallons of waste.
investigatemidwest.o...
investigatemidwest.o...
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We may never get bird flu — or egg prices — under control www.vox.com/future-perfe...
We may never get bird flu — or egg prices — under control
That déjà vu you’re feeling? Blame the chicken meat industry.
www.vox.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
We may never get bird flu — or egg prices — under control www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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A friend just sent me this from the Brooklyn Public Library. If you liked my book The Omnivore's Deception, please ask your library to acquire it!
November 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A friend just sent me this from the Brooklyn Public Library. If you liked my book The Omnivore's Deception, please ask your library to acquire it!
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Reminder: a person in the RICHEST 0.1 percent causes more carbon pollution in one DAY than someone in the BOTTOM 50 percent does in a whole YEAR.
The high carbon lifestyles of the super rich are burning through the world’s remaining carbon budget and costing us our future.
The high carbon lifestyles of the super rich are burning through the world’s remaining carbon budget and costing us our future.
November 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Reminder: a person in the RICHEST 0.1 percent causes more carbon pollution in one DAY than someone in the BOTTOM 50 percent does in a whole YEAR.
The high carbon lifestyles of the super rich are burning through the world’s remaining carbon budget and costing us our future.
The high carbon lifestyles of the super rich are burning through the world’s remaining carbon budget and costing us our future.
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This is the most stunning legal turn-around I'm aware of. AR activists are charged with burglary for freeing dogs from Ridglan. The charges are dropped. The activists succeed in getting a special prosecutor appointed to investigate Ridglan for animal cruelty. Now Ridglan will close. Incredible.
We are thrilled to report that beagle experimentation breeder Ridglan Farms will CLOSE. This follows the 2022 closure of Envigo, & leaves only one large breeder of beagles for experiments (Marshall Farms). Congratulations to everyone who helped achieve this goal. More details to come.
October 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This is the most stunning legal turn-around I'm aware of. AR activists are charged with burglary for freeing dogs from Ridglan. The charges are dropped. The activists succeed in getting a special prosecutor appointed to investigate Ridglan for animal cruelty. Now Ridglan will close. Incredible.