Consumer Rights
Fighting Court Secrecy on Alleged Big Ag Anticompetitive Behavior (USA v. Agri Stats)
Throughout our food system, you’ll find Big Ag corporations playing dirty, manipulating the system to boost their profits while producers and consumers pay the cost. In 2023, the United States,…
FarmSTAND Moves for Public Access to Sealed Documents in Agri Stats Anticompetition Suit
Records currently under seal in the litigation include the parties’ expert reports, which may contain detailed information on exactly how Agri Stats’s alleged actions harmed consumers.
Courthouse News Service: Animal welfare groups call hogwash on Iowa’s ag-gag law at Eighth Circuit
"Attorney David Muraskin, with Washington, D.C.-based FarmSTAND representing ICCI, told the circuit judges Wednesday a recording made by the group on private property that is used on social media for…
Food and Power: Tyson and JBS Agree to Stop “Net-Zero” and “Climate-Smart” Greenwashing
“Earthjustice, the Animal Legal Defense Fund, Edelson PC, and FarmSTAND represented the Environmental Working Group (EWG) in bringing similar charges against Tyson Foods. EWG alleged that Tyson did not provide enough evidence…
Yahoo! News:Tyson Foods drops ‘net-zero’ beef claims in settlement
"EWG was represented by the Animal Legal Defense Fund, Earthjustice, Edelson PC and FarmSTAND."
Food Dive: Tyson to stop selling ‘climate-smart’ beef as part of lawsuit settlement
"Environmental groups are increasingly leaning on courts to drive action as regulation stalls, according to Kelsey Eberly, senior staff attorney at FarmSTAND, which represented EWG in its suit against Tyson."
Sustainability Online: Tyson Foods to halt ‘net zero’ claims following lawsuit settlement
"Elsewhere, Kelsey Eberly, senior staff attorney at FarmSTAND, added that the resolution marks a 'crucial turning point in the fight against climate greenwashing.'"
The New York Times: ‘Climate-Friendly’ Beef Now Has to Prove It
“'It’s a warning to other large companies that you cannot just claim that you’re magically going to erase your greenhouse gas emissions,' Eberly said. 'You have to come with the…
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Tyson Foods enters settlement agreement over climate-friendly beef claims
"With climate-forward policies weathering existential attacks, legal actions like this are increasingly critical to raise consumer awareness about the outsized impact conglomerates like Tyson have on our climate."