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Sentient Media: Could People in ICE Detention Centers Be Forced to Work in Slaughterhouses?
“I think what this Administration and Big Ag wants to create is this environment of fear,” says Bouhabib. “Whether or not they get deported or detained, they’re not going to…
Animal Law Podcast: The Case of the Cows, the Gas, and the Money with Kelsey Eberly and Skye Walker
"FarmSTAND attorneys Kelsey Eberly and Skye Walker join us on this episode to discuss an absolutely infuriating case, Blumm v Northwest Natural Gas Company. They explain how an increasing number…
Courthouse News Service: Federal judge upholds Iowa’s ban on trespassers using cameras to document animal abuse
David Samuel Muraskin, an attorney with the Washington, D.C.-based FarmSTAND representing the plaintiffs, told Courthouse News the ruling enables the state to “hide businesses’ misconduct and suppress civil disobedience if…
U.S. Right to Know: Blood, body parts and bacteria pollute wastewater from meatpacking plants. New rules could help clean it up
Holly Bainbridge, staff attorney at FarmSTAND, a legal advocacy organization, agrees that the rules don’t go far enough. “After decades of inaction, it is not nearly enough to truly counter…
The Denver Post: Colorado lawmakers consider repealing key farmworker protections in light of Supreme Court ruling
Despite this denial, farmers are now bringing “unfounded and legally incorrect claims to the legislature when really they belong in court,” said Kelsey Eberly, a senior staff attorney at FarmSTAND,…
CBS 2 Iowa: Iowa meatpacking plant sued over years of alleged water pollution
"People have the right to enjoy their local waterways, in the Driftless Region and everywhere," said FarmSTAND attorney Holly Bainbridge in the press release. "After 60 days of notice, it’s…
Sentient Media: Iowa Slaughterhouse Routinely Pollutes Waterways With Excessive Waste, Advocacy Groups Allege
The intent to sue notice was co-authored by Driftless Water Defenders, a non-profit Iowa-based group working to protect Iowa waterways from agricultural polluters, as well as Public Justice and FarmSTAND,…
Teen Vogue: How Trump’s Admin Will Make Bird Flu Worse
Every day, my organization FarmSTAND sees the extent to which industrial animal agriculture is a system built on a foundation of harm. A handful of ag megacorporations have so much…
CBS 2 Iowa: Iowa meatpacking plant faces legal threat over repeated, “unchecked” pollution
“The Clean Water Act does provide citizens like Driftless Water Defenders an avenue for addressing that government under-enforcement and protecting the right to clean waterways,” said attorney Holly Bainbridge of…