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New York Times: Missouri Pork Plant Workers Say They Can’t Cover Mouths to Cough
A lawsuit filed against a Smithfield Foods plant claims it has created a public nuisance by failing to protect workers from coronavirus infection.
Smithfield Workers Ask Court to Force Company to Protect Them From COVID-19
With food chain workers being deemed “essential,” but allowed to fall ill, workers at Smithfield’s pork processing plant in Milan, Missouri are taking legal action to secure basic protective equipment…
Bovine Veterinarian: Presidential Candidate Wants To Ban Feedlots
“Our independent family farmers and ranchers are continuing to be squeezed by large, multinational corporations that, because of their buying power and size, run roughshod over the marketplace. We need…
The Wisconsin State Farmer: Summary judgment issued against R-CALF in checkoff case
“The Magistrate held that for decades USDA had been violating producers’ rights and the Constitution by turning over money to unaccountable state beef councils.”
Drovers: Beef Checkoff Prevails In Crucial Court Ruling
A Montana magistrate judge granted summary judgement Wednesday (Jan. 29, 2020) to the government and the 15 qualified state beef councils targeted in the R-CALF vs. Sonny Perdue lawsuit. That decision…
Groups submit brief to Iowa Supreme Court in Clean Water Lawsuit as State seeks to “close off” judiciary to citizen groups on behalf of “Big Ag”
Yesterday, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI) and Food & Water Watch (FWW) filed a brief before the Iowa Supreme Court, defending a Polk County District Court ruling that the organizations’…
Agri-Pulse Daybreak: NEPA proposal could shield USDA loans
Listen to the story here. The administration’s proposal to set deadlines for National Environmental Policy Act analyses and reduce the number of federal actions that would be subject to review also singles…
Delaware Public Media: Lawyer weighs in on state’s agreement with Mountaire
Some advocates have concerns about an agreement reached between state environmental regulators and Mountaire Farms over wastewater violations from 2017. The agreement resolves permit violations associated with a 2017 wastewater…
The Denver Channel: Meat packing plant broke law for 5 yrs.
Colorado regulators are now rethinking how they handled dangerous water discharges from one of the world’s largest meat packers.