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January 15, 2025 In News

Sentient Media: 81% of Meatpacking Workers at High Injury Risk, USDA Warns

“Industrial animal agriculture operates on a model of systemic exploitation to increase their profit margins at the expense of the well-being of animals, workers and rural communities. Today’s USDA studies on swine and poultry processing workers clearly show the human cost: life-altering injuries, painful work...

December 31, 2024 In News

The Cedar Rapids Gazette: Environmental group poised to sue Postville kosher meat plant

The group also is being represented by Public Justice and FarmSTAND, both of Washington, D.C., which have litigated environmental concerns on behalf of residents in other states....

December 18, 2024 In News

Investigate Midwest: USDA’s investigation into Tyson Foods has collected thousands of documents. Would Donald Trump end it?

“We would expect to see an investigation like this closed or just die,” said Muraskin, citing Trump’s history of deregulation and business-friendly policies....

December 4, 2024 In News

Michigan Public Radio: Stateside: Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024

[T]his week the Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case about whether undocumented immigrants are able to receive lost wages when they are injured at work. David Muraskin, a managing director for Litigation at FarmSTAND, who is representing the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center...

November 25, 2024 In News

Bloomberg Law: Pork Producer Exploited J-1 Exchange Visa Holders, Suit Claims

“I’m a part of this lawsuit because I want to force companies like Livingston to follow the law, and give people better opportunities to improve themselves economically and professionally, instead of being allowed to use J-1 visas to lie and harm people."...

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.”...