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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.
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…