Farmers & Rural Communities
Lancaster Farming: Farm Aid Panels Focus on Equity for Family Farmers
“On Wednesday of this week, we filed the suit against Tyson,” said Muraskin, whose group specifically focuses on industrial animal agriculture. “It’s lying about what it’s doing and saying it’s…
Why We Don’t Wait on Corporate Ag Promises
“What happened to antibiotic-free chicken?” So asked a recent article examining the unfortunate but predictable arc of a years-long campaign to get excessive antibiotics out of chicken feed. For decades,…
Big Ag Needs Governments to Keep Bailing It Out
Our rights to enjoy clean water, fresh air and land free of life-threatening toxins should be non-negotiable. But when it comes to Big Ag, our elected officials are consistently willing…
Daley Farm v. County of Winona (Land Stewardship Project Intervention)
This case was a dispute over the dramatic expansion of a dairy operation. The authority of local government hung in the balance.
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 New Lede: Taking a stand — new legal group focuses on farm country
The New Lede spoke with FarmSTAND Executive Director Jessica Culpepper about the group’s goals to dismantle a “corporate-controlled, industrial food system” and support regenerative farming to help “change the system…
Sentient Media: A New Coalition for Suing Factory Farms Launches
Now, organizations like Dakota Rural Action have a new ally, a hub focused on uniting lawyers across the country toward the goal of protecting people from factory farms.
Agri-Pulse: New legal group wants to ‘dismantle’ corporate ag
A new legal group will focus on “dismantling corporate agriculture,” particularly consolidation in the meat industry.
New Legal Advocacy Hub to Target Corporate Control Over the Food System
Litigators and community advocates announced a new organization, FarmSTAND, to address the harms of corporate-controlled industrial agriculture and advance a just and regenerative food system.