Press Releases
FarmSTAND Reacts to Supreme Court Ruling in Monsanto v. Durnell
"Today’s Supreme Court decision in Monsanto v. Durnell is harmful to farmers and farmworkers. In our amicus brief and in their communities, farmers and farmworkers have made clear that Monsanto…
Recently Shuttered USDA Program Grantees Join Suit to Restore $125M+ in Illegally Canceled Grants
LCM grantees join initial plaintiffs in case, who won a preliminary injunction restoring critical support for a fairer food system 24 organizations and local governments who had grant agreements under…
USDA Downplaying Worker Injury Toll from Increasing Meatpacking Line Speeds, Experts Say
Proposed USDA rules that would allow industrial animal ag corporations to speed up chicken, turkey, and hog slaughter and processing are based on a misreading of landmark worker safety studies, the co-lead principal investigators of those studies say in comments submitted late yesterday.
Farmer & Farmworker Groups Urge Supreme Court to Reject Roundup Impunity for Monsanto in New Amicus Brief
This brief, authored by fair food system advocacy organization FarmSTAND and signed onto by 15 organizations dedicated to the wellbeing of farmers and farmworkers, argues that a decision protecting the chemical giant from lawsuits…
FarmSTAND Moves for Public Access to Sealed Documents in Agri Stats Anticompetition Suit
Records currently under seal in the litigation include the parties’ expert reports, which may contain detailed information on exactly how Agri Stats’s alleged actions harmed consumers.
Clean Water Advocates File Suit Against Pacific Seafood Over Warrenton Pollution
Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Northwest Environmental Defense Center (NEDC) late yesterday filed suit over more than three years of ongoing pollution of the Columbia River at a Pacific…
FarmSTAND and Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Argue Against Law Limiting Access to Factory Farms
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI) and FarmSTAND argued today that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit should reverse a lower court decision and protect the organization’s…
Beef Giant JBS Subjected Haitian Workers to Discriminatory Conditions at Greeley Plant, Workers Allege in New Lawsuit
A lawsuit filed today against JBS accuses the leading global meat processing company of exploiting over 1,000 Haitian workers recruited under false pretenses for its Greeley, Colorado plant.
Michigan Supreme Court Decision in MIRC v. Whitmer Threatens the Rights of All Michiganders
"This is a sad day for the law in Michigan. The Michigan Supreme Court’s 4-3 ruling today was not on the merits of whether the state is legally obligated to…