Farmers & Rural Communities
Bloomberg News: USDA Ordered to Restore Terminated Grants to Farmers, Nonprofits
"Congress provided 'explicit instruction for funding to be used to support such 'underserved' groups', Howell said. The plaintiffs are represented by Earthjustice, Farmers Justice Center, and FarmSTAND."
Law 360: Judge Questions USDA’s Climate Grant Cuts
"Representing the recipients, David Muraskin of legal group FarmSTAND said the USDA — potentially with help from DOGE — had hastily ended thousands of grants with any perceived relationship to…
No, Americans Won’t Fill Big Ag Jobs. Corporations Prefer It That Way.
In creatively cruel ways, President Trump is making good on his promise to carry out the largest mass deportation in history. Across the country, heavily armed federal agents in camouflage…
Civil Eats: A Groundbreaking California Farming Collective Navigates the Loss of Federal Grants
The plaintiffs filed a motion for preliminary injunction on June 26, asking the court to stop the USDA’s behavior from continuing and for relief for the plaintiff grantees, according to…
Minnesota Ag Connection: Farming Justice Groups Sue Federal Government
Other groups involved in the lawsuit include FarmSTAND, Earthjustice, and the Farmers Justice Center. They say the canceled grants, totaling around 15,000 nationwide, were unfairly ended by a federal policy…
Public News Service: MN ag group, promoting local food systems, sues feds over canceled grant
Groups representing plaintiffs in the lawsuit include the groups FarmSTAND, Earthjustice and the Farmers Justice Center. It follows a flurry of legal action from earlier this year when the Trump…
USDA Grantees Terminated for ‘DEI’ Added as Plaintiffs, DOGE added as Defendant in Unlawful Cancelation Suit
Attorneys for the plaintiff nonprofit organizations in USDN v. USDA, a suit to stop illegal grant terminations by the Trump Administration, filed a First Amended Complaint late yesterday adding new…
MAHA’s Report Proves It Can’t and Won’t Fix Our Food System
Donald Trump and RFK Jr. claim their administration will “Make America Healthy Again,” but their most recent report shows that MAHA can’t deliver the changes to our food system we…
Brownfield Ag News: Nonprofits suing USDA for illegal grant terminations
FarmSTAND Staff Attorney Holly Bainbridge tells Brownfield her plaintiffs argue the agency terminating previously awarded projects violates due process, the Administrative Procedure Act, and a separation of powers.