2025 has been a hard year. From the start, the second Trump Administration has waged cruel assaults on America’s most vulnerable communities: immigrants, workers, activists, and anyone who dares to stand up against injustice and corporate control. These attacks touch all parts of our food...
Read More"'(The termination process) has impacted organizations across the country and their ability to create a fairer food system, one that supports small local farmers, one that gets food to people who need it,' said Holly Bainbridge, a senior attorney with FarmSTAND."...
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American agriculture relies on credit as much as it does seeds, soil, rain, and sun. Without credit, farmers cannot invest in tractors, livestock, or new irrigation systems. They may not survive a hard year of low prices or bad weather. But agricultural credit has never...
Read MoreFood checkoff programs penalize independent producers of food by funneling money to the lobbying and trade organizations that boost the largest corporate producers, according to research featured in the latest in FarmSTAND’s Deep Dive series to be published over the next month. ...
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Farmers and ranchers have beef with the checkoff, the system responsible for slogans like “Beef. It’s what’s for dinner,” “The Incredible, Edible Egg,” and "Got Milk?" Food checkoff programs penalize independent producers of food by funneling money to the lobbying and trade organizations that boost...
Read More"Representing the recipients, David Muraskin of legal group FarmSTAND said the USDA — potentially with help from DOGE — had hastily ended thousands of grants with any perceived relationship to diversity, equity and inclusion or climate change goals, without undertaking any particularized review required under...
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Read More Case: Stopping Illegal Grant Terminations (Urban Sustainability Directors Network v. USDA)Other groups involved in the lawsuit include FarmSTAND, Earthjustice, and the Farmers Justice Center. They say the canceled grants, totaling around 15,000 nationwide, were unfairly ended by a federal policy shift. The legal case highlights growing tensions over how federal funding is allocated in agriculture, particularly...
Read MoreGroups representing plaintiffs in the lawsuit include the groups FarmSTAND, Earthjustice and the Farmers Justice Center. It follows a flurry of legal action from earlier this year when the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency began canceling around 15,000 grants....
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Read More Case: Stopping Illegal Grant Terminations (Urban Sustainability Directors Network v. USDA)