Cases
Equal Rights for Pennsylvania Ag Workers (UFCW 1776 v. Pennsylvania)
Agricultural workers deserve the same workplace protections as all other workers. But in Pennsylvania, the state specifically excludes them from the protections of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Act. This means…
Stopping Big Salmon Greenwashing (Harris v. Trapananda Seafarms)
Big Aquaculture is following the same model of environmental degradation, worker exploitation, and consumer deception as the land-based corporate animal agriculture system. The complaint in this action alleges that behind…
Demanding Environmental Review of Mega-Dairy Expansion (Riverview West River Dairy Expansion)
Mega-dairies, which confine tens of thousands of cows, create devastating environmental and economic impacts on the communities where they take root. Despite the known impacts on clean water and greenhouse…
Fighting Politicized Restrictions on Food System Grantees (Washington Farmland Trust v. USDA)
In 2026, The Trump Administration’s USDA began imposing unlawful, unprecedented department-wide terms and conditions on every new USDA grant. These terms and conditions substantially restrict grantees’ speech and programming in…
Haciendo valer el derecho de personas trabajadoras agrícolas de recibir visitantes (Colorado Legal Services v. Southern Colorado Farms)
Click here to read this case page in English. La histórica Ley de Derechos de Trabajadores Agrícolas de Colorado en el año 2021 aseguró el derecho de personas trabajadoras agrícolas…
No Corporate Impunity for Roundup (Monsanto v. Durnell)
Farmers and farmworkers are standing up to say that Monsanto and its Big Ag industry friends do not speak for them. On behalf of 15 organizations dedicated to the wellbeing…
Fighting Court Secrecy on Alleged Big Ag Anticompetitive Behavior (USA v. Agri Stats)
Throughout our food system, you’ll find Big Ag corporations playing dirty, manipulating the system to boost their profits while producers and consumers pay the cost. In 2023, the United States,…
Monitoring FERC to stop Factory Farm Gas
Big Ag loves to tout a fantasy where factory farm gas, which is methane gas produced from waste like manure, is good for the environment. The reality is that factory…
Protecting Oregon’s Waters from Industrial Aquaculture (CFS v. Pacific Bio Products)
Industrial aquaculture poses many of the same threats as industrial land-based agriculture does to clean water and healthy ecosystems. For more than three years, Pacific Bio Products, owned by seafood…