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Court Will Hear Case Seeking Raccoon River Restoration and Factory Farm Moratorium
Late yesterday afternoon, Polk County District Court Judge Robert Hanson ordered that a lawsuit to restore the Racoon River, heavily polluted with agricultural runoff, may proceed over the objections of…
Jessica Culpepper: Mobilizing Lawyers in the Fight for a Better Food System
Jessica Culpepper, director of the Food Project, talks about her vision for a better, healthier food system that results in healthy, empowered communities and sustainable livelihoods for farmers — and…
Public Justice Fights Unconstitutional NC “Anti-Sunshine Law”
Imagine your elderly family member, placed in the care of a nursing home, being abused by their caretaker. Imagine your six-month-old child spending the day at a trusted daycare, and being…
NWI Times: Court ruling prioritizes corporations over families
NWI Times: Court ruling prioritizes corporations over families
In a recent decision, the Indiana Court prioritized corporate profits, unchecked pollution and industrial agriculture facilities ahead of the interests of Indiana families.
Huffington Post: Indiana Farmers Union Joins Fight Against Noxious 8,000-Hog Agribusiness Operation
Indiana’s Right to Farm Act essentially strips independent farmers and rural residents of any sort of redress against polluting concentrated animal feeding operations.
HuffPost: Indiana Farmers Union Joins Fight Against Noxious 8,000-Hog Agribusiness Operation
The Indiana Farmers Union, with the support of the farmers union as well as Family Farm Action, Public Justice and Food & Water Watch, has filed a friend of the court…
US News: Lawsuit Calls Arkansas ‘Ag-Gag’ Law Unconstitutional
A legal advocacy organization has filed a lawsuit in federal court against two Arkansas agricultural businesses claiming a state law protecting the businesses from undercover investigations is unconstitutional.
Sentient Media: How Undercover Investigation of Lamb Slaughterhouse Led to Federal Prosecution
A whistleblower offered the first hidden-camera look inside a lamb slaughterhouse in the U.S. Now, the DOJ is stepping in. That’s how bad it was, yet it is all too…