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June 5, 2025 In News

Law 360: USDA Sued Over Ending 600 Grants Via Flawed Form Letters

"USDA's policy and practice of terminating these grants represents, in part, a desperate attempt to roll back progress toward a thriving America and a fair food system," Bainbridge said....

June 2, 2025 In News

Public News Service: International students sue NE firm for being recruited to work in CAFOs

“'My hope in coming to the U.S. on a J-1 visa was to share my culture and learn about U.S. culture. I wanted to improve as a person, as a professional, and economically. I wanted to improve my job prospects and get a certificate to...

May 19, 2025 In News

Sentient Media: Recent Graduates Were Told They Were Coming to the U.S. for Cultural Exchange. They Ended Up Trapped in a Factory Farm.

"They were told that 'if they left early or tried to leave the program, they could be picked up by ICE, they could be detained. One of the threats was that they would never be able to work in the U.S. again,' Bouhabib says."...

May 7, 2025 In News

Bloomberg Law: DOL Foreign Farmworker Organizing Rule Withstands Challenge

“'Judge Flanagan’s opinion carefully and correctly applied the law to uphold this important rule, which contains crucial protections for some of this country’s most vulnerable workers,' said Nathan Leys, staff attorney at FarmSTAND which filed an amicus brief in the case."...

April 17, 2025 In News

Sentient Media: Could People in ICE Detention Centers Be Forced to Work in Slaughterhouses?

“I think what this Administration and Big Ag wants to create is this environment of fear,” says Bouhabib. “Whether or not they get deported or detained, they’re not going to speak up for their rights.”...

March 26, 2025 In News

Animal Law Podcast: The Case of the Cows, the Gas, and the Money with Kelsey Eberly and Skye Walker

"FarmSTAND attorneys Kelsey Eberly and Skye Walker join us on this episode to discuss an absolutely infuriating case, Blumm v Northwest Natural Gas Company. They explain how an increasing number of dairy farms are more in the business of selling the methane being produced by...

March 20, 2025 In News

Courthouse News Service: Federal judge upholds Iowa’s ban on trespassers using cameras to document animal abuse

David Samuel Muraskin, an attorney with the Washington, D.C.-based FarmSTAND representing the plaintiffs, told Courthouse News the ruling enables the state to “hide businesses’ misconduct and suppress civil disobedience if the government simply asserts it is seeking to protect private property.” “Until the legislature has the...

March 3, 2025 In News

U.S. Right to Know: Blood, body parts and bacteria pollute wastewater from meatpacking plants. New rules could help clean it up

Holly Bainbridge, staff attorney at FarmSTAND, a legal advocacy organization, agrees that the rules don’t go far enough. “After decades of inaction, it is not nearly enough to truly counter the massive scale of water pollution from these facilities nationwide,” she says....

February 26, 2025 In News

The Denver Post: Colorado lawmakers consider repealing key farmworker protections in light of Supreme Court ruling

Despite this denial, farmers are now bringing “unfounded and legally incorrect claims to the legislature when really they belong in court,” said Kelsey Eberly, a senior staff attorney at FarmSTAND, a legal advocacy organization litigating this issue. “This bill is legislator overreach, circumventing an ongoing...

February 24, 2025 In News

CBS 2 Iowa: Iowa meatpacking plant sued over years of alleged water pollution

"People have the right to enjoy their local waterways, in the Driftless Region and everywhere," said FarmSTAND attorney Holly Bainbridge in the press release. "After 60 days of notice, it’s time to enforce the Clean Water Act through the courts and make Agri Star stop...