Dairy’s Deception Game: From School Milk Propaganda to Factory Farming’s New Frontier | Rising Anxieties

In this eye-opening episode of Rising Anxieties, Mariann Sullivan exposes the dairy and animal agriculture industry’s latest manipulation tactics with her signature wit and clarity. From the misleading rhetoric attempting to justify livestock mistreatment, to the dairy industry’s aggressive push to get whole milk back into schools, to the disturbing “Beef on Dairy Revolution” that commodifies cows’ reproductive systems, this episode reveals how animal agriculture continues to prioritize profits over welfare while selling a false narrative of care to consumers.

This episode explores:

• How the animal agriculture industry attempts to justify poor welfare standards by claiming farm animals “aren’t pets” and “don’t bond with people”
• The dairy industry’s calculated efforts to increase milk consumption in schools through the “Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act”
• The growing opportunity for plant-based milk activism in school systems as regulations evolve
• The alarming “Beef on Dairy Revolution” turning dairy operations into factory farming for beef production
• The ongoing bird flu crisis affecting millions of birds across 28 states that mainstream media continues to ignore

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