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July 4, 2025 In News

Minnesota Ag Connection: Farming Justice Groups Sue Federal Government

Other groups involved in the lawsuit include FarmSTAND, Earthjustice, and the Farmers Justice Center. They say the canceled grants, totaling around 15,000 nationwide, were unfairly ended by a federal policy shift. The legal case highlights growing tensions over how federal funding is allocated in agriculture, particularly...

July 2, 2025 In News

Public News Service: MN ag group, promoting local food systems, sues feds over canceled grant

Groups representing plaintiffs in the lawsuit include the groups FarmSTAND, Earthjustice and the Farmers Justice Center. It follows a flurry of legal action from earlier this year when the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency began canceling around 15,000 grants....

June 11, 2025 In News

Brownfield Ag News: Nonprofits suing USDA for illegal grant terminations

FarmSTAND Staff Attorney Holly Bainbridge tells Brownfield her plaintiffs argue the agency terminating previously awarded projects violates due process, the Administrative Procedure Act, and a separation of powers....

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...