Farmers & Rural Communities
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…
Bloomberg Law: Trump Administration Avoids Sanctions in Case Over Farmer Grants
“The US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration violated the Administrative Procedure Act when the agency predicated its termination of grants based on diversity equity…
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.
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.”
Dairy Farm Expansion Project Sparks Lawsuit from Environmental Advocacy Groups
“We immediately pointed this out during the comment period,” said Bainbridge. “Rather than taking a long, hard look at environmental impacts, MCPA simply took Riverview’s word and signed off on…