Farmers & Rural Communities
Big Ag is Pushing for More Power Over the Food System Workforce. We’re Fighting Back.
A fair food system is one in which workers receive a livable wage and where they feel safe to defend their rights at work.
Minnesota Ag Connection: Environmental Groups Oppose Riverview Dairy Growth Plan
"Food & Water Watch and FarmSTAND, which are supporting the legal challenge, say a more comprehensive review is necessary before the project moves forward. The organizations have also raised concerns…
Fighting Politicized Restrictions on Food System Grantees (Washington Farmland Trust v. USDA)
In 2026, The Trump Administration’s USDA began imposing unlawful, unprecedented department-wide terms and conditions on every new USDA grant. These terms and conditions substantially restrict grantees’ speech and programming in…
Nonprofits Sue to Block New USDA Rules That Force Them to Change or Abandon Food Access Work
Five nonprofit organizations working to build a more just food system filed suit late yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington against the U.S. Department…
Law360: USDA Sued By Nonprofits Over Anti-DEI Grant Conditions
“‘They can agree to unclear and unlawful terms and attempt to alter their activities — taking on substantial risk of criminal liability if they misjudge how to comply with the…
Groups Sue MN Over Failure To Consider Environmental Impacts of Riverview Mega-Dairy Expansion
Today, Food & Water Watch and the Land Stewardship Project sued the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) over the state’s June 23 decision to forgo an Environmental Impact Statement for Riverview’s…
Capital B: Black Farmers Win Court Case That Restores $127 Million in Federal Grants
“Hannah Wolf, FarmSTAND staff attorney and counsel for plaintiffs, said this victory is for the people across the U.S. who are working to build ‘fairer and more sustainable food systems.'”
Court Restores $127M in Illegally Canceled Grants from USDA’s Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program
A federal district court has issued an order restoring the grants of 24 organizations and local governments who had grant agreements under the USDA’s Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access…
Civil Eats: Judge Orders USDA to Restore Half of Cancelled Grants for Young Farmers
“Twenty-four of them were added to a 2025 lawsuit overseen by Earthjustice, Farmers Justice Center, FarmSTAND and the Southern Environmental Law Center.”