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November 24, 2025 In News

Sentient Media: Heat Exhaustion, Amputated Fingers, Crushed Limbs: The Hidden Cost of American Turkey

“Not only are those injuries not getting reported to OSHA, they are not being characterized as work-site injuries for purposes of worker’s compensation.”...

November 20, 2025 In News

Yahoo! News:Tyson Foods drops ‘net-zero’ beef claims in settlement

"EWG was represented by the Animal Legal Defense Fund, Earthjustice, Edelson PC and FarmSTAND."...

November 20, 2025 In News

Food Dive: Tyson to stop selling ‘climate-smart’ beef as part of lawsuit settlement

"Environmental groups are increasingly leaning on courts to drive action as regulation stalls, according to Kelsey Eberly, senior staff attorney at FarmSTAND, which represented EWG in its suit against Tyson."...

November 18, 2025 In News

The New York Times: ‘Climate-Friendly’ Beef Now Has to Prove It

“'It’s a warning to other large companies that you cannot just claim that you’re magically going to erase your greenhouse gas emissions,' Eberly said. 'You have to come with the goods if you’re going to claim meaningful climate improvement.'”...

November 17, 2025 In News

Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Tyson Foods enters settlement agreement over climate-friendly beef claims

"With climate-forward policies weathering existential attacks, legal actions like this are increasingly critical to raise consumer awareness about the outsized impact conglomerates like Tyson have on our climate."...

November 17, 2025 In News

The New Lede: Tyson agrees to settlement over climate-smart beef claims

"Along with EWG, the Animal Legal Defense Fund, Earthjustice, Edelson PC, and FarmSTAND participated in representing EWG in the legal challenge."...

November 13, 2025 In News

Reuters: USDA searched for terms like ‘diversity,’ ‘climate modeling’ to target grants for cancellation

"'(The termination process) has impacted organizations across the country and their ability to create a fairer food system, one that supports small local farmers, one that gets food to people who need it,' said Holly Bainbridge, a senior attorney with FarmSTAND."...

October 25, 2025 In News

The New York Times: Exxon Sues California Over New Climate Disclosure Laws

"In the latest filing, on Friday, FarmSTAND, which opposes industrial animal agriculture, said the laws were important to counter meat and dairy companies engaging in what the group called greenwashing, or deceptive publicity about their environmental practices."...

October 16, 2025 In News

Detroit Free Press: Michigan Supreme Court hears case over workers’ compensation for undocumented immigrants

“When government officials act unconstitutionally, they can be held accountable,” said David Muraskin, an attorney with agricultural law firm FarmSTAND, representing MIRC in the case....