"'(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 More"It has had some wins. On Thursday, a federal judge in Washington ordered the Agriculture Department to reinstate grants for farmers and nonprofits that had been terminated. The groups were represented by Earthjustice and two other legal nonprofits, FarmSTAND and Farmers Justice Center."...
Read More“The court’s granting of the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction is the only appropriate response to DOGE and USDA’s illegal and destructive grant cancelation,” said David Muraskin, who is managing director for litigation at FarmSTAND and argued for the motion in court.”As a result...
Read More“The Court’s granting of the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction is the only appropriate response to DOGE and USDA’s illegal and destructive grant cancellation,” David Muraskin, managing director for litigation at FarmSTAND and attorney for the plaintiffs, said in a statement. “As a result...
Read More"Representing the grant 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 the...
Read MorePreliminary injunction granted in lawsuit against USDA ordering restoration of wrongfully terminated grants and funding that support tree planting, growing food in underserved communities, training new farmers, and helping farmers adopt climate-friendly practices Today, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued an...
Read More"Congress provided 'explicit instruction for funding to be used to support such 'underserved' groups', Howell said. The plaintiffs are represented by Earthjustice, Farmers Justice Center, and FarmSTAND."...
Read MoreThe plaintiffs filed a motion for preliminary injunction on June 26, asking the court to stop the USDA’s behavior from continuing and for relief for the plaintiff grantees, according to FarmSTAND, a food-system-focused legal advocacy organization....
Read MoreOther 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...
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