{"id":781,"date":"2023-09-20T15:28:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T15:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farmstand.chee.studio\/new-legal-advocacy-hub-to-target-corporate-control-over-the-food-system\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T21:58:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T21:58:03","slug":"new-legal-advocacy-hub-to-target-corporate-control-over-the-food-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/es\/new-legal-advocacy-hub-to-target-corporate-control-over-the-food-system\/","title":{"rendered":"New Legal Advocacy Hub to Target Corporate Control Over the Food System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>FarmSTAND, the first legal advocacy organization devoted solely to dismantling corporate agriculture, will drive precedent-setting impact litigation and community-centered supports<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, litigators, food system experts and community advocates announced a new organization, FarmSTAND, to address the harms of corporate-controlled industrial agriculture and advance a just and regenerative food system. FarmSTAND, which was founded as the Food Project at Public Justice, will move forward as a separate organization to drive precedent-setting litigation and mobilize a nationwide network of volunteer attorneys representing communities impacted by corporate agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTraditional litigation has delivered major victories by concentrating resources on certain cases that can change precedents, but this model hasn\u2019t always addressed the immediate needs of the farmers, workers and other communities most impacted by pollution and exploitation within our current system,\u201d said <strong>Jessica Culpepper, FarmSTAND Executive Director<\/strong>. \u201cFarmSTAND works in courtrooms and communities to ensure that litigation supports the true goals of communities in the movement. We drive litigation and build power in communities so that together, we can advance a food system that is sustainable for all people and the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FarmSTAND emerged from community feedback about the lack of legal resources in the food and farm justice movement and the need for a new organization focused solely on the industrial animal agriculture system. FarmSTAND\u2019s attorneys and legal partners have already filed dozens of <a title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2020\/04\/24\/smithfield-foods-lawsuit-coronavirus\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2020\/04\/24\/smithfield-foods-lawsuit-coronavirus\/\">cases<\/a> <a title=\"https:\/\/www.sunnysidesun.com\/news\/agriculture\/washington-state-dairies-to-clean-up-groundwater-in-response-to-lawsuit\/article_5e7edd94-15dd-11ee-8cf5-0fa9aa38674b.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sunnysidesun.com\/news\/agriculture\/washington-state-dairies-to-clean-up-groundwater-in-response-to-lawsuit\/article_5e7edd94-15dd-11ee-8cf5-0fa9aa38674b.html\">across<\/a> <a title=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/usda-rule-exempting-medium-sized-factory-farms-environmental-scrutiny-vacated-2023-04-04\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/usda-rule-exempting-medium-sized-factory-farms-environmental-scrutiny-vacated-2023-04-04\/\">every<\/a> <a title=\"https:\/\/ncnewsline.com\/briefs\/federal-court-of-appeals-rules-ncs-ag-gag-law-is-unconstitutional-signals-a-win-for-whistleblowers\/#sthash.c4NzB2Uq.dpbs\" href=\"https:\/\/ncnewsline.com\/briefs\/federal-court-of-appeals-rules-ncs-ag-gag-law-is-unconstitutional-signals-a-win-for-whistleblowers\/#sthash.c4NzB2Uq.dpbs\">movement <\/a><a title=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/biden-debt-relief-plan-disappoints-black-farmers-avoiding-race-2022-08-17\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/biden-debt-relief-plan-disappoints-black-farmers-avoiding-race-2022-08-17\/\">sector<\/a> and area of law. The team has secured important wins, including bolstering consumer rights by <a title=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2023\/02\/16\/how-hormel-exploited-confusion-over-the-natural-label_partner\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2023\/02\/16\/how-hormel-exploited-confusion-over-the-natural-label_partner\/\">exposing<\/a> Hormel Foods\u2019 deceptive advertising and filing the <a title=\"https:\/\/www.peoplesworld.org\/article\/meatpackers-sue-osha-demanding-virus-safety-enforcement-at-maid-rite-plant\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peoplesworld.org\/article\/meatpackers-sue-osha-demanding-virus-safety-enforcement-at-maid-rite-plant\/\">first case<\/a> to establish that workers can use the courts to compel OSHA to protect them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe go toe-to-toe with big-money corporations every day as we tackle food and farm issues. We\u2019re always looking to partner with smart, savvy public interest attorneys because it boosts our ability to fight the good fight and get things done,\u201d said <strong>Hugh Espey, community organizer and strategic adviser for Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement<\/strong>. \u201cFarmSTAND understands the essential role of people power and grassroots community organizing in creating progressive social change. We\u2019re excited to work with them to fight back against corporate power and fight for a farm and food system that\u2019s good for family farmers, workers, eaters and the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FarmSTAND is supporting lawyers and communities at a time where a handful of corporations have seized unprecedented control over all aspects of the food system and shaped laws that let them exploit animals and the environment, as well as workers and consumers \u2013 especially people of color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSuing food corporations as an individual practitioner is often a \u2018David vs. Goliath\u2019 experience. When your opponent has exponentially more resources, you have to be creative and resourceful,\u201d said <strong>Elisabeth Holmes, experienced community litigator and senior counsel at Socially Responsible Agriculture Project (SRAP)<\/strong>. \u201cFarmSTAND will provide tools and connections to level the playing field and help meet the needs of workers, farmers, and residents plagued by pollution and abuse of laws and power. FarmSTAND will also drive major litigation that will shift the landscape over time to yield future victories.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Litigators and community advocates announced a new organization, FarmSTAND, to address the harms of corporate-controlled industrial agriculture and advance a just and regenerative food system.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"issue":[21],"class_list":["post-781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","issue-farmers-rural-communities"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Legal Advocacy Hub to Target Corporate Control Over the Food System - 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