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September 25, 2024 In Press Release

Farmers Sue Food Tech “Disruptors” Behind Cooks Venture for Bringing Financial Ruin

Thirteen farmers today sued the four principal executive officers behind the food startup Cooks Venture, alleging that they were manipulated, lied to and led into financial ruin by the defendant businessmen. The now-bankrupt Cooks Venture had promised to “disrupt” agriculture by rapidly scaling production and distribution of...

September 20, 2024 In News

Lancaster Farming: Farm Aid Panels Focus on Equity for Family Farmers

“On Wednesday of this week, we filed the suit against Tyson,” said Muraskin, whose group specifically focuses on industrial animal agriculture. “It’s lying about what it’s doing and saying it’s protecting the environment.”...

September 19, 2024 In News

Inside Climate News: Tyson Foods Sued Over Emissions Reduction Promises

“They don’t appear to know the full scope of their greenhouse gas emissions,” said Kelsey Eberly, an attorney with FarmSTAND, one of the organizations representing EWG. “Tyson is taking very few steps that could actually achieve net zero.”...

September 19, 2024 In News

Food Ingredients 1st: Tyson Foods sued for “greenwashed” net-zero emissions and “climate-smart” beef claims

“There is no indication that Tyson has accurately and fully measured them. There appears to be no plan with any realistic chance of achieving net zero in a little over 25 years. It is spending only a tiny fraction of its revenue trying to solve...

September 18, 2024 In News

New York Times: Tyson Faces Lawsuit Over Labeling of ‘Climate-Smart’ Beef

A consumer-protection lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that Tyson Foods is misleading consumers with claims about its efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions....

September 18, 2024 In Press Release

Tyson Foods Sued Over Deceptive ‘Net-Zero’ and ‘Climate-Smart’ Beef Claims

An environmental and consumer organization filed a lawsuit today against Tyson Foods, Inc., the second largest meat company in the U.S. and the world, accusing the company of making “false or misleading” marketing claims targeting D.C. consumers concerned about climate change....

August 29, 2024 In News

Bloomberg Law: Foreign Farmworker Safeguards in Doubt as DOL Tests Its Power

Safeguards in the regulations like seatbelt requirements for employer-provided transportation are a “life and death issue” for many foreign workers in the US, said Leys of FarmSTAND. ...

August 29, 2024 In News

Georgia judge rules in favor of states against new labor rule for farmworker protections

Eberly also pointed out a main argument from the amicus brief, that the reform to H-2A in turn protects domestic farm workers, by helping prevent what she calls a “race to the bottom,” a scenario where a lack of regulation pushes agriculture employers to prefer...

Thousands of young chickens inside a broiler house. A person in white protective coveralls walks through, facing away form the camera

August 23, 2024 In Blog

Why We Don’t Wait on Corporate Ag Promises

“What happened to antibiotic-free chicken?” So asked a recent article examining the unfortunate but predictable arc of a years-long campaign to get excessive antibiotics out of chicken feed. For decades, global public health leaders have been sounding the alarm on the overuse of antibiotics, including in...

August 5, 2024 In Press Release

Worker Legal Services and Education Groups File Amicus Brief on Need for OSHA ‘Walkaround’ Rule

A variety of national and state-based organizations that provide education and legal services to workers have filed an amicus brief in defense of a critical Biden Administration rule related to worker safety protections. Sur Legal Collaborative, Worksafe, Justice at Work Pennsylvania, National Black Worker Center, National...

FarmSTAND

Farmers Sue Food Tech “Disruptors” Behind Cooks Venture for Bringing Financial Ruin

Lancaster Farming: Farm Aid Panels Focus on Equity for Family Farmers

Inside Climate News: Tyson Foods Sued Over Emissions Reduction Promises

Food Ingredients 1st: Tyson Foods sued for “greenwashed” net-zero emissions and “climate-smart” beef claims

New York Times: Tyson Faces Lawsuit Over Labeling of ‘Climate-Smart’ Beef

Tyson Foods Sued Over Deceptive ‘Net-Zero’ and ‘Climate-Smart’ Beef Claims

Bloomberg Law: Foreign Farmworker Safeguards in Doubt as DOL Tests Its Power

Georgia judge rules in favor of states against new labor rule for farmworker protections

Why We Don’t Wait on Corporate Ag Promises

Worker Legal Services and Education Groups File Amicus Brief on Need for OSHA ‘Walkaround’ Rule

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