We’re Fighting for a Fair Food System

FarmSTAND is the only legal group in the country dedicated solely to taking on Big Ag. We partner with directly impacted groups to fight in courtrooms and communities for better working conditions, humane treatment of animals, clean air and water, and food that’s safe to eat.

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We Need More Attorneys and Law Students to Join the Movement

Across the nation, industrial agriculture facilities are moving into places where their pollution and exploitative work practices are hurting communities. With our help, you can be part of a network that brings legal support to rural residents, farmers, and workers impacted by the factory farm system.

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Recent Cases

Deep Dive: Hormel

Hormel wants you to make the “Natural Choice.” Documents we’ve made public reveal how that is anything but.

 

Deep Dive: Checkoff

Farmers and ranchers have beef with the checkoff, the system responsible for slogans like “Beef. It’s what’s for dinner,” “The Incredible, Edible Egg,” and “Got Milk?” Food checkoff programs penalize independent producers of food by funneling money to the lobbying and trade organizations that boost the largest corporate producers, according to research featured in this edition of FarmSTAND’s Deep Dive series.

In the course of our litigation to reform the checkoff system on behalf of independent ranchers, we commissioned groundbreaking research that shows it’s possible to have a checkoff that’s fair for all farmers.

 

Ag-Gag Litigation

A just, healthy, and thriving food system requires transparency. Public Justice engages in litigation to strike down the Ag-Gag laws that penalize whistleblowers who expose the truth about the factory farm system.

 
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