Climate & Environmental Protection
The Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa farm grants restored by court order — for now
“Howell ordered the USDA to reinstate the terminated awards for the 24 nonprofits participating in the lawsuit, including both Iowa organizations. The groups are jointly represented by Earthjustice, Farmers Justice…
Progressive Grocer: Hannaford Hit With Class Action Over Sustainability of Its Salmon
“When retailers like Hannaford falsely tell customers that industrially farmed products from seafood conglomerates are equally sustainable to local catch from independent fishers, they help maintain corporate seafood giants’ stranglehold…
SeafoodSource: Ahold Delhaize subsidiary Hannaford latest company to be hit with civil suit over seafood sustainability claims
“FarmSTAND alleges Hannaford salmon supplier Cooke Aquaculture is ‘notorious for converting Maine’s seabed into fish feedlots’ and that its other suppliers in Chile are “plagued with many of the same…
Stopping a Grocery Chain’s Industrial Salmon Greenwashing (Boyle v. Hannaford)
Consumers want to support sustainable seafood, but Big Aquaculture can’t compete with independent fishers on sustainability. This means grocery store marketing representing industrial seafood as sustainable is key to keeping…
Class of Consumers Sues Hannaford & Parent Company Over Deceptive Marketing of “Sustainable” Salmon
Suppliers of Hannaford salmon include notorious aquaculture giant Cooke The grocery store chain Hannaford aggressively markets its seafood as sustainable, when in reality it “sells industrially farmed salmon whose production…
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…
Community Sentinel: Court Mandates USDA Must Restore $127 Million for Illegally Canceled Grants
“We made sure the court was aware that immediately losing funding and having the rug pulled out from under them would create widespread, negative impacts,” Wolf said.
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…
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…