Lawfare, Loopholes, and Landed Gentry: The Ag Industry’s Anxiety Playbook | Rising Anxieties

This episode dives into the Ridglan Farms activist prosecutions, USDA’s new “lawfare portal” (yes, the federal government apparently needs help fighting itself), CAFO propaganda dressed up as science, and fresh data showing just how misled the public really is about caged hens and industry-funded meat studies.

• Wisconsin prosecutors pile more charges on Ridglan Farms activists, while the actual documented animal cruelty went uninvestigated for years
• USDA partners with the SBA to help farmers fight federal regulators — using a “lawfare portal” that’s already logged 600+ complaints
• Industry messaging strategy exposed: how animal ag groups are coached to “disarm” the public rather than debate them
• UC Davis-backed CAFO defense unpacked, including the sleight-of-hand around “marginal land” and feed efficiency
• New research shows industry-funded meat studies are 16x more likely to report favorable conclusions, plus 75% of Brits wrongly believe caged hens are a thing of the past

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