Animal Welfare
Seafood Source: Australis’ US subsidiary sued for alleged deceptive marketing on Mama Bear salmon products, marking latest seafood greenwashing case
“According to the plaintiff – represented by fair food system advocacy organization FarmSTAND and law firms Pearson Warshaw and Jennings & Earley – Trapanada’s marketing claims that Mama Bear salmon…
Sentient Media: Can You Trust ‘Sustainably Farm-Raised’ Salmon? A New Lawsuit Challenges the Label
“We rely on companies to tell the truth when they’re making those statements and when they don’t, it harms consumers and other producers who are investing the money and taking…
The hidden money fueling the pork industry’s fight to keep pigs in tiny cages
“But Muraskin argues these deals have all added up to a convenient facade to fund a pro-industrial farming lobby group with required dollars from every pig farmer.”
Stopping Big Salmon Greenwashing (Harris v. Trapananda Seafarms)
Big Aquaculture is following the same model of environmental degradation, worker exploitation, and consumer deception as the land-based corporate animal agriculture system. The complaint in this action alleges that behind…
Demanding Environmental Review of Mega-Dairy Expansion (Riverview West River Dairy Expansion)
Mega-dairies, which confine tens of thousands of cows, create devastating environmental and economic impacts on the communities where they take root. Despite the known impacts on clean water and greenhouse…
Minnesota Ag Connection: Environmental Groups Oppose Riverview Dairy Growth Plan
"Food & Water Watch and FarmSTAND, which are supporting the legal challenge, say a more comprehensive review is necessary before the project moves forward. The organizations have also raised concerns…
Capital Press: Animal-rights activists take aim at ‘no-drone zones’ over farms
"Animal Outlook submitted comments to the FAA with FarmSTAND and We Animals. FarmSTAND says it’s a legal advocacy group 'dedicated to dismantling the corporate-controlled industrial animal agriculture system.'”
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…
Deep Dive: Tyson’s Climate Deception
Most people want to eat food that is good for them and the planet. As awareness of the climate crisis grows, eaters have become more concerned with making sustainable food…