"They were told that 'if they left early or tried to leave the program, they could be picked up by ICE, they could be detained. One of the threats was that they would never be able to work in the U.S. again,' Bouhabib says."...
Read More“'Judge Flanagan’s opinion carefully and correctly applied the law to uphold this important rule, which contains crucial protections for some of this country’s most vulnerable workers,' said Nathan Leys, staff attorney at FarmSTAND which filed an amicus brief in the case."...
Read More
The biggest polluters increasingly use SLAPP and Anti-SLAPP to evade legal accountability...
Read More
Devastated. Betrayed. Heartbroken. Like the rug was pulled out from under them — that’s how farmers describe the Trump Administration’s sudden dismantling of several Biden-era programs that had begun to revive small farming. Cuts to key USDA programs, mass firings of federal agents, and...
Read More“I think what this Administration and Big Ag wants to create is this environment of fear,” says Bouhabib. “Whether or not they get deported or detained, they’re not going to speak up for their rights.”...
Read More
In the American West, water scarcity is becoming an increasingly urgent issue, with severe droughts and dwindling water supplies impacting rural communities, urban centers, and the natural environment. One of the major contributors to this crisis is industrial animal agriculture, which consumes an astonishing amount...
Read More
Eggs have been getting a lot of time in the spotlight lately. As egg prices continue to skyrocket in the early months of the second Trump administration, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins has pledged that her $1 billion dollar plan will “combat avian flu and reduce...
Read More"FarmSTAND attorneys Kelsey Eberly and Skye Walker join us on this episode to discuss an absolutely infuriating case, Blumm v Northwest Natural Gas Company. They explain how an increasing number of dairy farms are more in the business of selling the methane being produced by...
Read MoreDavid Samuel Muraskin, an attorney with the Washington, D.C.-based FarmSTAND representing the plaintiffs, told Courthouse News the ruling enables the state to “hide businesses’ misconduct and suppress civil disobedience if the government simply asserts it is seeking to protect private property.” “Until the legislature has the...
Read More“The Minnesota Supreme Court’s decision not to take up this appeal affirms the right of the people of Winona County to govern themselves, and to decide what the future of agriculture should be where they live,” said Holly Bainbridge, a FarmSTAND staff attorney. “Rural communities...
Read More