2024 was an amazing year for FarmSTAND and the movement for a fair food system. It was our first full year as the only legal organization in the country dedicated solely to taking on the corporate, industrial animal agriculture system. We hit the ground running....
Read MoreRepresented by FarmSTAND, Legal Aid of Nebraska, and Radford Scott LLP, these three Guatemalan men are suing Livingston Enterprises and Worldwide Farmers Exchange, the company that deceptively recruited them. The lawsuit targets a practice that has allowed employers like Livingston to exploit the J-1 visa...
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Read More Case: Stopping Big Ag Exploitation of J-1 Visa Holders (Alvarado v. Livingston)...
Read More Case: Defending the Rights of Seasonal Agricultural Workers
We’ve known about the spread of bird flu to dairy cows, dairy workers, and poultry workers since early 2024, yet we still know very little about how many people and animals are getting sick and how we’ll be able to contain the spread of disease....
Read MoreAgricultural workers of all kinds —including seasonal workers on H-2A visas — deserve basic workplace protections, including the right to meet with guests and service providers in the workers’ employer-provided housing without fear of retaliation and protection from injury during their commutes to work....
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Read More Case: Defending the Rights of Seasonal Agricultural Workers...
Read More Case: Defending the Rights of Seasonal Agricultural WorkersLate yesterday, a group of farmworker advocates - and workers who have labored alongside H-2A agricultural workers - filed an amicus brief in a meritless legal challenge to the Biden Administration’s recently finalized rule protecting the rights of workers in temporary agricultural employment. The amici groups are...
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Every person, regardless of where they come from, what they do for work, or where they live, should have access to fundamental services like healthcare, education, and legal help. As the managing attorney for Colorado Legal Services’ Migrant Farm Worker Division, Jenifer Rodriguez leads a team...
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