Learn More Many people may not recognize the word "checkoff," but they recognize the checkoff ads—"Got Milk?," "Beef. It's What's For Dinner," "The Incredible, Edible Egg." The latest in FarmSTAND's deep dive series explores checkoff corruption and how to end it. How Small Ranchers are
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Suing Trump's USDA We're in court to restore illegally cancelled funding that had supported a more sustainable and fair agriculture system. Learn More Supporting Farmers & Rural Communities Supporting Farmers &
Rural Communities Fair Markets For Farmers Rural communities need fair markets to thrive. But Big Ag uses their power to control markets, pollute family farms, and steal land and labor from rural communities, forcing local farmers and ranchers out of business. Learn More Protecting Workers &
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Immigrant Communities Justice for Immigrant Workers We are representing the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center in their case against the state for illegally denying workers compensation to undocumented immigrants. Getting injured at work should never mean losing your income or ability to take care of your family. Suing Trump's USDA Exposing Beef Checkoff Corruption Protecting Immigrant Workers Supporting Farmers & Rural Communities Workers online in a chicken factory Two farmworkers in hoodies bend over to harvest strawberries in a field

We’re Fighting for a Fair Food System

FarmSTAND is the only legal group in the country dedicated solely to taking on Big Ag. We partner with directly impacted groups to fight in courtrooms and communities for better working conditions, humane treatment of animals, clean air and water, and food that’s safe to eat.

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Across the nation, industrial agriculture facilities are moving into places where their pollution and exploitative work practices are hurting communities. With our help, you can be part of a network that brings legal support to rural residents, farmers, and workers impacted by the factory farm system.

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Recent Cases

Stopping Big Salmon Greenwashing (Harris v. Trapananda Seafarms)

Big Aquaculture is following the same model of environmental degradation, worker exploitation, and consumer deception as the land-based corporate animal agriculture system. The complaint in this action alleges that behind the cutesy family of bears and claims of being “Sustainably Farm-Raised” and “responsibly sourced” on…

 

Demanding Environmental Review of Mega-Dairy Expansion (Riverview West River Dairy Expansion)

Mega-dairies, which confine tens of thousands of cows, create devastating environmental and economic impacts on the communities where they take root. Despite the known impacts on clean water and greenhouse gas emissions, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency decided to forgo an Environmental Impact Statement for…

 

Fighting Politicized Restrictions on Food System Grantees (Washington Farmland Trust v. USDA)

In 2026, The Trump Administration’s USDA began imposing unlawful, unprecedented department-wide terms and conditions on every new USDA grant. These terms and conditions substantially restrict grantees’ speech and programming in support of diversity and equity, bar using grant funding on whatever the administration says is “promoting gender ideology”, and limit grantees’ work in support of immigrants.

 
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