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January 19, 2023 In News

Law360: Colo. Farms Say State’s Labor Rights Law Is Unconstitutional

A group of Colorado farms and ranches challenged a bid to dismiss their suit in federal court over an access provision in the state's agricultural workers' rights law, arguing the statute flouts U.S. Supreme Court precedent and unconstitutionally restricts employers' property rights....

November 22, 2022 In News

Vox: Sen. Cory Booker has a plan to stop taxpayer bailouts of Big Meat

The process of factory farming nearly 10 billion land animals per year is a risky business, but when something goes wrong it’s often taxpayers — not the corporations that produce America’s meat, milk, and eggs — who foot the bill....

November 22, 2022 In News

Fast Company: ‘All-natural’ turkey? Here’s why you might pay extra for nothing this Thanksgiving

Is this “natural” turkey an ethical choice, or have I been duped this Thanksgiving? That’s a perennial holiday grocery-shopping question. And now, unsealed documents in a false-advertising lawsuit, which was settled just in time for the holiday by meat-processor giant Hormel Foods, give consumers a...

November 21, 2022 In News

Food & Power: Natural Meat Marketing Misled Consumers, Lawsuit Claims

Think twice before picking “natural” ham or turkey this Thanksgiving. Recently unsealed legal evidence from a 2016 lawsuit makes the case that meatpacker Hormel misled consumers by selling the same industrially raised animals under its Natural Choice and conventional product lines....

November 16, 2022 In News

Civil Eats: Biogas Expansion May Compound Worker Risks

Bob Baenziger, Jr. had made many dives in dangerous conditions over the course of his career. He was trained in the U.S. Army and had long worked diving on offshore oil rigs....

November 16, 2022 In Press Release

The next Farm Bill can only be “climate-smart” if it reduces agricultural reliance on pesticides, says diverse coalition

Today, 50 organizations sent a public letter to the House Agriculture Committee and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, calling for a transformative 2023 Farm Bill. They urged the legislators to incentivize reductions in pesticide use, include provisions to protect farmworker health, and...

November 15, 2022 In News

U.S. News & World Report: Hormel meat labeling case shows U.S. rules need reform -advocates

Hormel Foods' labeling of a meat product line as "natural" despite using the same hogs and production methods as its other brands shows the U.S. meat labeling system needs reforms, said consumer advocates and documents released on Tuesday from a lawsuit the company is close...

November 15, 2022 In News

Reuters: Hormel meat labeling case shows U.S. rules need reform -advocates

November 15, 2022 In Press Release

Hormel Foods Advertises Conventional Meat as “Natural,” Newly Released Documents Show

Today, the Public Justice Food Project published documents uncovered in the discovery of a false advertising lawsuit against Hormel Foods. The newly published documents and accompanying analysis reveal that the corporation exploited consumers’ desires for “green” meat by falsely promoting its “Natural Choice” product line...

November 7, 2022 In Press Release

Colorado Worker Group Intervenes to Oppose Constitutional Challenge to State’s Workers’ Rights Statute

For Immediate Release: November 7, 2022 Media Contact: Lucy Sears | (240) 676-4499 | lsears@publicjustice.net Colorado Worker Group Intervenes to Oppose Constitutional Challenge to State’s Workers’ Rights Statute On Monday, November 7, Colorado Legal Services and an anonymous farmworker filed a motion to intervene in order to defend...

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Law360: Colo. Farms Say State’s Labor Rights Law Is Unconstitutional

Vox: Sen. Cory Booker has a plan to stop taxpayer bailouts of Big Meat

Fast Company: ‘All-natural’ turkey? Here’s why you might pay extra for nothing this Thanksgiving

Food & Power: Natural Meat Marketing Misled Consumers, Lawsuit Claims

Civil Eats: Biogas Expansion May Compound Worker Risks

The next Farm Bill can only be “climate-smart” if it reduces agricultural reliance on pesticides, says diverse coalition

U.S. News & World Report: Hormel meat labeling case shows U.S. rules need reform -advocates

Reuters: Hormel meat labeling case shows U.S. rules need reform -advocates

Hormel Foods Advertises Conventional Meat as “Natural,” Newly Released Documents Show

Colorado Worker Group Intervenes to Oppose Constitutional Challenge to State’s Workers’ Rights Statute

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