{"id":1765,"date":"2024-10-24T18:31:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T18:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farmstand.chee.studio\/case\/justice-for-contract-growers-deceived-by-cooks-venture-barr-v-wadiak\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T07:27:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T07:27:37","slug":"justice-for-contract-growers-deceived-by-cooks-venture-barr-v-wadiak","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/es\/case\/justice-for-contract-growers-deceived-by-cooks-venture-barr-v-wadiak\/","title":{"rendered":"Justicia para los cultivadores contratados enga\u00f1ados por Cooks Venture (Barr v. Wadiak)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Las empresas agroindustriales aprovechan a los productores de pollos para mantener bajos los costos y maximizar los beneficios de la empresa. Los productores \u2014los agricultores que realmente realizan el trabajo de criar los pollos\u2014 asumen los riesgos de la actividad, mientras que las grandes empresas que los contratan se llevan el beneficio de la mano de obra y evitan la responsabilidad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FarmSTAND, junto con Antimonopoly Counsel, el bufete de abogados Brad Hendricks y TFPC, representa a los agricultores que est\u00e1n demandando a los cuatro ejecutivos principales de la startup de alimentos Cooks Venture. Estos agricultores fueron manipulados, enga\u00f1ados y llevados a la ruina financiera por los empresarios demandados. La ahora insolvente Cooks Venture hab\u00eda prometido \u201cdisruptir\u201d la agricultura al ampliar r\u00e1pidamente la producci\u00f3n y la distribuci\u00f3n de pollos criados en pastos. Pero en realidad, los demandados, impulsados por Wall Street, indujeron a docenas de agricultores de toda la zona rural de Ozark a hipotecar sus fincas y hogares, adquirir y preparar casas para pollos broiler y producir aves para la compa\u00f1\u00eda, todo ello mientras ocultaban la perspectiva empresarial insostenible de la empresa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Durante el D\u00eda de Acci\u00f3n de Gracias de 2023, Cooks Venture inform\u00f3 a los productores de su cierre permanente en tan solo diez d\u00edas. A petici\u00f3n de Cooks Venture y sin autorizaci\u00f3n legal, las autoridades de Arkansas ingresaron entonces a las granjas de los productores, incautaron y eutanasizaron cientos de miles de pollos con una espuma qu\u00edmica escaldante y asfixiante, y abandonaron los cuerpos acumulados para que los agricultores los desecharan. A los productores nunca se les pag\u00f3 por estos \u00faltimos reba\u00f1os que produjeron y nunca se les suministr\u00f3 m\u00e1s aves para criar, lo que les dej\u00f3 sin ingresos y sin posibilidad de amortizar las inversiones que hab\u00edan realizado bas\u00e1ndose en las promesas de Cooks Venture. Las acciones de los ejecutivos de Cooks Venture fueron injustas e ilegales bajo la Ley Packers &amp; Stockyards. Este es el primer caso judicial en impugnar estas pr\u00e1cticas injustas tras la finalizaci\u00f3n por parte de la Administraci\u00f3n Biden de las normas actualizadas de la Ley Packers &amp; Stockyards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agribusinesses exploit poultry contract growers to hold down costs and maximize company profits. 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