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This Week in Animal Ag Spin: Prices, Politics, and Propaganda | Rising Anxieties

Our Hen House 1 September 2026


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Turns out when food prices spike, the animal ag industry’s solution is just cheaper spin. This episode digs into the meat lobby’s sudden “affordability” crusade against animal welfare reforms, the bizarre pro-grazing propaganda tour, Trump’s confusing detour into meat processing policy, the BLM’s wild horse slaughter pipeline finally getting some overdue press, and the sneaky psychological reason your uncle still won’t try the vegan stuffing.

  • Why the meat industry is blaming activists — not inflation — for pricier steaks
  • The “grasslands need cows” argument, debunked in real time
  • Trump’s meat-processing plan, translated from all caps into English
  • Wild horses, slaughter pipelines, and why the BLM is only “shocked” now that the New York Times is watching
  • The real reason nostalgia (not taste) keeps grandma’s brisket on the table

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