Press Releases
Class of Consumers Sues Hannaford & Parent Company Over Deceptive Marketing of “Sustainable” Salmon
Suppliers of Hannaford salmon include notorious aquaculture giant Cooke The grocery store chain Hannaford aggressively markets its seafood as sustainable, when in reality it “sells industrially farmed salmon whose production…
UFCW 1776 Sues State of Pennsylvania To End Unconstitutional Labor Law Exception for Agriculture
Legal challenge seeks to end nearly nine-decade injustice harming organized labor in the state The United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 1776 Keystone State has filed a lawsuit seeking to…
Class of Consumers Sues Industrial Salmon Giant Over Alleged Deceptive Marketing of “Mama Bear” Products’ Sustainability
Australis has stark record of environmental destruction in Chile, according to complaint Despite trading on a cute, pastoral image, Mama Bear salmon is sourced from a company operating at the…
Nonprofits Sue to Block New USDA Rules That Force Them to Change or Abandon Food Access Work
Five nonprofit organizations working to build a more just food system filed suit late yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington against the U.S. Department…
Groups Sue MN Over Failure To Consider Environmental Impacts of Riverview Mega-Dairy Expansion
Today, Food & Water Watch and the Land Stewardship Project sued the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) over the state’s June 23 decision to forgo an Environmental Impact Statement for Riverview’s…
Anti-Factory Farming Groups Urge FAA to Reject Rule That Would Shield Animal Agribusiness From Drone Oversight
Groups representing investigative, legal advocacy, and photojournalism efforts to fight factory farming have submitted formal comments to the Federal Aviation Administration opposing a proposed rule that could let large-scale factory…
FarmSTAND Report Explores Details of Tyson’s “Net Zero” and “Climate-Friendly Beef” Greenwashing Scheme
A new report from fair food system advocacy organization FarmSTAND tells the comprehensive inside story behind deceptive claims Tyson Foods made about the environmental sustainability of its products. Tyson claimed…
Five Former Labor Secretaries Call Trump Administration H-2A Wage Calculation Change Unlawful
A new Trump Administration rule regarding the Adverse Effect Wage Rates for workers with H-2A visas and the U.S. workers who work alongside them is slashing wages for U.S. and…
Court Restores $127M in Illegally Canceled Grants from USDA’s Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program
A federal district court has issued an order restoring the grants of 24 organizations and local governments who had grant agreements under the USDA’s Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access…