Animal Welfare
Factory Farms Are A Breeding Ground For Disease. We Deserve A Healthier Food System.
These industrial-scale operations come at an extreme cost to animal welfare and public health. Close confinement of animals can increase disease transmission. More contact with other animals, longer contact, poor…
US appeals court revives law banning unauthorized recording on industrial farms
David Muraskin, an attorney representing the animal rights groups, said they will continue to fight, arguing “the law might be applicable to some, but it is unconstitutional as applied to…
Food Safety News: SCOTUS isn’t interested in taking up Ag-gag
This week, the Supreme Court turned down North Carolina’s appeal to stop operatives from secretly taking documents and recordings without the owner’s permission.
The News & Observer: Supreme Court won’t step in to save NC law that punished secret recordings
SCOTUS upheld a legal victory for advocates who argued a 2015 NC law aimed to punish undercover recording at farms and other businesses restricted whistleblowing.
Supreme Court leaves in place court victory for PETA over North Carolina ag-gag law
The Supreme Court has rejected North Carolina’s appeal in a dispute with animal rights groups over a law aimed at preventing undercover employees at farms and other workplaces from taking…
Proposition 12
FarmSTAND (formerly the Food Project at Public Justice) submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in support of California’s Proposition 12, which limits the sale of pork products in…
Supreme Court Upholds California’s Proposition 12
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision upholding California’s Proposition 12, which limits the sale of pork products in California produced using extreme confinement. Public Justice…
Indy Week: Federal Court Rules NC’s Ag-Gag Law is Unconstitutional
In a split decision the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling that North Carolina’s “ag-gag law” is unconstitutional and infringes on free speech.
Fourth Circuit Enjoins North Carolina Ag-Gag Law, Affirming Constitutionality of Undercover Investigations and Whistleblowing
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit handed an important win to plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s Ag-Gag law, ruling that undercover investigations and whistleblowing…