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November 22, 2022 In News

Fast Company: ‘All-natural’ turkey? Here’s why you might pay extra for nothing this Thanksgiving

Is this “natural” turkey an ethical choice, or have I been duped this Thanksgiving? That’s a perennial holiday grocery-shopping question. And now, unsealed documents in a false-advertising lawsuit, which was settled just in time for the holiday by meat-processor giant Hormel Foods, give consumers a...

November 21, 2022 In News

Food & Power: Natural Meat Marketing Misled Consumers, Lawsuit Claims

Think twice before picking “natural” ham or turkey this Thanksgiving. Recently unsealed legal evidence from a 2016 lawsuit makes the case that meatpacker Hormel misled consumers by selling the same industrially raised animals under its Natural Choice and conventional product lines....

November 16, 2022 In News

Civil Eats: Biogas Expansion May Compound Worker Risks

Bob Baenziger, Jr. had made many dives in dangerous conditions over the course of his career. He was trained in the U.S. Army and had long worked diving on offshore oil rigs....

November 15, 2022 In News

U.S. News & World Report: Hormel meat labeling case shows U.S. rules need reform -advocates

Hormel Foods' labeling of a meat product line as "natural" despite using the same hogs and production methods as its other brands shows the U.S. meat labeling system needs reforms, said consumer advocates and documents released on Tuesday from a lawsuit the company is close...

November 15, 2022 In News

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Fast Company: ‘All-natural’ turkey? Here’s why you might pay extra for nothing this Thanksgiving

Food & Power: Natural Meat Marketing Misled Consumers, Lawsuit Claims

Civil Eats: Biogas Expansion May Compound Worker Risks

U.S. News & World Report: Hormel meat labeling case shows U.S. rules need reform -advocates

Reuters: Hormel meat labeling case shows U.S. rules need reform -advocates

Politico: Strange bedfellows: Why Biden is siding with the meat industry

Washington Post: Federal court finds 3rd Iowa ag-gag law unconstitutional

Des Moines Register: Judge strikes down 4th Iowa ‘ag-gag’ law in ongoing conflict over free speech vs. trespassing

Iowa Capital Dispatch: Judge says Iowa’s third ag-gag law is unconstitutional, like previous versions

Courthouse News: Federal judge strikes down latest version of Iowa ‘ag-gag’ law

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