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November 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Foods sourced from poultry, like turkey meat or eggs, tend to be lower in emissions as animal-sourced foods go, because chickens and turkeys can be raised without a lot of land or feed. But pork-based stuffing has quite the environmental impact.
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Cheese, and dairy in general, comes with a heavier carbon footprint than many other animal-sourced proteins, because it comes from cows.
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The single dish with the highest carbon footprint is not the meat — it’s the mac n cheese, at nearly 1.8 kilograms of CO2, thanks to the dairy. Swapping out the dairy mac n cheese for a vegan version — with creaminess coming from cashews instead — can save over 1.6 kilograms of CO2.
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the vegan meal comes in with the lowest carbon footprint. In total, a vegan dinner with tofurkey and vegan macaroni and cheese has only 28 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions of the turkey dinner.
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Avian Flu: Sentient's Latest News Stories
Avian flu poses an increasing risk to humans. Here's what we know, and a link to all of our coverage.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
As a highly fatal virus with multiple, mutating strains, bird flu is a constant looming threat for humans and animals alike.
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Humans Can Get Bird Flu, and Here’s What You Need to Know
A brief explainer of the risks of avian flu for humans.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Raw milk can contain a host of other microbes that cause infection and should be avoided to prevent avian flu infection.
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Avian Flu Is Spreading, and the Raw Milk Trend Could Make It Worse
CDC recommends consumers avoid dairy and poultry farms, and drinking raw milk.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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.
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Avian Flu Research Funding Caught in Crosshairs of Trump Administration
Zoonotic disease spread and vaccine research projects are among those under review.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The ongoing spread nationwide — both on factory farms and from infectious migratory birds — raises questions about what a “bird-flu free” announcement really means for the U.S. food system.
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Two States Declared Themselves Bird-Flu Free. But What Does That Really Mean?
Why the threat is far from over, regardless of state lines.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Government agencies have refused to disclose farm locations, precise outbreak dates and other metadata associated with poultry and cattle that test positive for avian flu.
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More Data From Farms Could Help Scientists Better Track Avian Flu, but Privacy Concerns Stand in the Way
Government agencies have refused to disclose farm locations, precise outbreak dates and other metadata associated with poultry and cattle that test positive for avian flu.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM