SCOTUS upheld a legal victory for advocates who argued a 2015 NC law aimed to punish undercover recording at farms and other businesses restricted whistleblowing....
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has rejected North Carolina’s appeal in a dispute with animal rights groups over a law aimed at preventing undercover employees at farms and other workplaces from taking documents or recording video...
Read MoreA Colorado law protecting agricultural workers’ rights and ensuring access to essential service providers is undergoing another legal challenge. ...
Read MoreThe New Lede spoke with FarmSTAND Executive Director Jessica Culpepper about the group’s goals to dismantle a “corporate-controlled, industrial food system” and support regenerative farming to help “change the system from the ground up.”...
Read MoreNow, organizations like Dakota Rural Action have a new ally, a hub focused on uniting lawyers across the country toward the goal of protecting people from factory farms....
Read MoreFarmSTAND focuses resources on specific cases that can change precedent on agricultural issues in the courts, working in collaboration with grassroots organizations from local to national levels....
Read MoreA new legal group will focus on “dismantling corporate agriculture,” particularly consolidation in the meat industry....
Read MoreLitigators and community advocates announced a new organization, FarmSTAND, to address the harms of corporate-controlled industrial agriculture and advance a just and regenerative food system....
Read More“Today’s intervention underscores the ongoing importance of protecting farmworkers’ access to vital services, which is clearly protected under the law.”...
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Community organizers alongside public interest attorneys continue to stand against factory farms to defend our health and protect our waterways. Thanks to the tireless efforts of people on the ground and legal experts, we’re moving closer to a world with healthy waterways and healthy communities....
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