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February 10, 2022 In News

NPR: How dairy farmers are cashing in on California’s push for cleaner fuel

California is trying to cut greenhouse emissions from the state's cars and trucks, and in a controversial twist, its efforts are putting cash in the pockets of dairy farms across the country. It's the result of an odd but lucrative trade: pollution cuts on farms,...

February 4, 2022 In News

The Guardian: California subsidies for dairy cows’ biogas are a lose-lose, campaigners say

A coalition of climate, environmental and animal welfare groups is calling for California to remove the huge subsidies provided to dairy farms to turn animal waste into a form of energy called biogas....

February 4, 2022 In News

Law360: Ex-DOL Officials Urge 3rd Circ. To Side With Meatpackers

A group of former senior U.S. Department of Labor officials are urging the Third Circuit to revive a suit alleging the government didn't do enough to protect meatpackers from COVID-19, arguing that the lower court made an "absurd" interpretation of the statute....

January 26, 2022 In Press Release

California regulators reject petition request to immediately initiate rulemaking to end credits for factory farm gas, despite adverse local pollution impacts

Sacramento, Calif. — Executive Officer of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Richard Corey unilaterally rejected a petition request from a coalition of environmental justice, animal protection, and community groups to immediately initiate a rulemaking to eliminate credits for factory farm gas from one of...

January 12, 2022 In News

Law360: ‘Long Road Ahead’ For Tyson Workers Despite 8th Circ. Win

The Eighth Circuit recently rejected Tyson Foods' bid to litigate twin coronavirus-related wrongful death suits in federal court, but the road remains uncertain for the families of deceased workers to get their day in court as Tyson declines to say it'll end its pursuit of...

January 10, 2022 In News

Civil Eats: Dust Is a Growing Problem. What Role Does Farmland Play?

With a growing set of tools, scientists are digging into questions about the links between modern agriculture, drought, and rising incidents of dust storms and respiratory illness. ...

January 3, 2022 In News

The Counter: Independent cattle ranchers continue fight against national checkoff program

For 28 years, rancher Kyle Hemmert ran cattle auctions out of his sale barn near Oakley, Kansas. He had a front-row seat as the industry changed over the decades, and he didn’t like the direction it was going. ...

December 17, 2021 In News

Reuters: Biden farm debt relief plan to exclude thousands of minority farmers

The latest version of the Biden administration’s plan to forgive billions of dollars in farm debt - initially targeted at farmers of color - will exclude thousands of its originally intended recipients because of a change in loan eligibility, according to government data reviewed by...

December 15, 2021 In News

A Passion to Serve: Gaining Access to Workers Compensation Insurance for All Michigan Farmworkers

A Passion to Serve host Don Kuchnicki speaks with David Muraskin, Senior Litigation Attorney with the Public Justice Food Project. During the interview we discuss the lawsuit that was recently filed in the State of Michigan to ensure undocumented workers have access to workers compensation...

November 22, 2021 In Press Release

After Sponsoring Arkansas’s Ag-Gag Law, Rep. DeAnn Vaught Refuses to Defend its Constitutionality

The Arkansas state representative and factory farm owner who sponsored the state’s Ag-Gag law stated in a court filing on Friday that she waives her right and the right of her industrial hog farm, Prayer Creek Farm, to ever bring a legal action under that...

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