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October 11, 2024 In News

Portland Business Journal: NW Natural accused of greenwashing with customer ‘Smart Energy’ program

"'They ignore the excess methane that's created by the cows, there are not reliable in measuring claimed emissions benefits, they're notoriously leaky (and) equipment can malfunction,' Kelsey Eberly, a senior staff attorney at FarmSTAND, said."...

October 10, 2024 In News

Law360: Oregon Gas Customers Sue Over ‘Greenwashing’ Program

"This factory farm system that Northwest Natural has tricked its customers to buy into 'is entrenching both industrial agriculture and fossil fuel infrastructure,' Kelsey Eberly of FarmSTAND, an attorney representing the customers, said in the same press release."...

October 2, 2024 In News

AgricultureDive: Former poultry growers sue Cooks Venture execs for operating ‘defacto ponzi scheme’

“Holding the people behind Cooks Venture accountable in court is important, and so is reining in larger agribusiness firms that exploit poultry contract growers as a standard business practice,” David Muraskin, litigation director at FarmSTAND and counsel for the plaintiffs, said in a statement....

September 20, 2024 In News

Lancaster Farming: Farm Aid Panels Focus on Equity for Family Farmers

“On Wednesday of this week, we filed the suit against Tyson,” said Muraskin, whose group specifically focuses on industrial animal agriculture. “It’s lying about what it’s doing and saying it’s protecting the environment.”...

September 19, 2024 In News

Inside Climate News: Tyson Foods Sued Over Emissions Reduction Promises

“They don’t appear to know the full scope of their greenhouse gas emissions,” said Kelsey Eberly, an attorney with FarmSTAND, one of the organizations representing EWG. “Tyson is taking very few steps that could actually achieve net zero.”...

September 19, 2024 In News

Food Ingredients 1st: Tyson Foods sued for “greenwashed” net-zero emissions and “climate-smart” beef claims

“There is no indication that Tyson has accurately and fully measured them. There appears to be no plan with any realistic chance of achieving net zero in a little over 25 years. It is spending only a tiny fraction of its revenue trying to solve...

September 18, 2024 In News

New York Times: Tyson Faces Lawsuit Over Labeling of ‘Climate-Smart’ Beef

A consumer-protection lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that Tyson Foods is misleading consumers with claims about its efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions....

August 29, 2024 In News

Bloomberg Law: Foreign Farmworker Safeguards in Doubt as DOL Tests Its Power

Safeguards in the regulations like seatbelt requirements for employer-provided transportation are a “life and death issue” for many foreign workers in the US, said Leys of FarmSTAND. ...

August 29, 2024 In News

Georgia judge rules in favor of states against new labor rule for farmworker protections

Eberly also pointed out a main argument from the amicus brief, that the reform to H-2A in turn protects domestic farm workers, by helping prevent what she calls a “race to the bottom,” a scenario where a lack of regulation pushes agriculture employers to prefer...

June 17, 2024 In News

Iowa Seeks To Mute ‘Ag-Gag’ Law First Amendment Challenge

"'The ag-gag law is an attack on traditional democratic processes,' Espey said in a statement Monday. 'In its brief, the state does not even attempt to justify this use of the law, yet it has rebuffed plaintiffs' offer of settlement and insisted on filing additional...