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Law360: Colo. Farms Say State’s Labor Rights Law Is Unconstitutional
A group of Colorado farms and ranches challenged a bid to dismiss their suit in federal court over an access provision in the state’s agricultural workers’ rights law, arguing the…
Vox: Sen. Cory Booker has a plan to stop taxpayer bailouts of Big Meat
The process of factory farming nearly 10 billion land animals per year is a risky business, but when something goes wrong it’s often taxpayers — not the corporations that produce…
Fast Company: ‘All-natural’ turkey? Here’s why you might pay extra for nothing this Thanksgiving
Is this “natural” turkey an ethical choice, or have I been duped this Thanksgiving? That’s a perennial holiday grocery-shopping question. And now, unsealed documents in a false-advertising lawsuit, which was…
Food & Power: Natural Meat Marketing Misled Consumers, Lawsuit Claims
Think twice before picking “natural” ham or turkey this Thanksgiving. Recently unsealed legal evidence from a 2016 lawsuit makes the case that meatpacker Hormel misled consumers by selling the same…
Civil Eats: Biogas Expansion May Compound Worker Risks
Bob Baenziger, Jr. had made many dives in dangerous conditions over the course of his career. He was trained in the U.S. Army and had long worked diving on offshore…
U.S. News & World Report: Hormel meat labeling case shows U.S. rules need reform -advocates
Hormel Foods’ labeling of a meat product line as “natural” despite using the same hogs and production methods as its other brands shows the U.S. meat labeling system needs reforms,…
Reuters: Hormel meat labeling case shows U.S. rules need reform -advocates
Hormel Foods’ labeling of a meat product line as “natural” despite using the same hogs and production methods as its other brands shows the U.S. meat labeling system needs reforms,…
Politico: Strange bedfellows: Why Biden is siding with the meat industry
The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on Tuesday in a case about livestock welfare that could have broad implications for the ability of states to regulate everything…
Washington Post: Federal court finds 3rd Iowa ag-gag law unconstitutional
A federal judge has struck down the third attempt by the Iowa Legislature to stop animal welfare groups from secretly filming livestock abuse, finding once again that the law passed…