environment

August 27, 2026 In 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...

July 31, 2026 In Cases

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...

April 8, 2026 In News

Inside Climate News: Under Trump, the Department of Agriculture Has Ditched Conservation and Climate Efforts

“It’s clear we’re seeing the ripple effects of this blunderbuss approach,” Muraskin said, noting that the termination letters grantees received accused the grant program of fraud, abuse and waste, but didn’t cite specific allegations....

A trifold poster board with the header "A food system where... Un sistema alimentario donde..." On the poster board, conference attendees wrote short messages of what they'd like to see in a food system in English and Spanish on colorful fruit cutouts, which they attached to the board. For example "No one is exploited" is written on a pear, and "trabajo con respeto y dignidad"

December 17, 2025 In Blog, Uncategorized

Going on Offense for Food Justice: FarmSTAND’s 2025 in Review

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...

November 17, 2025 In Press Release

Tyson Foods Agrees to Stop Making ‘Net-zero’ and ‘Climate-smart Beef’ Claims

Lawsuit alleged Tyson Foods falsely claimed it will be net-zero by 2050 and marketed its industrial beef products as “climate-smart” The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has settled its greenwashing lawsuit against Tyson Foods filed in September 2024. The suit alleged that Tyson Foods’ claims...

November 13, 2025 In News

Reuters: USDA searched for terms like ‘diversity,’ ‘climate modeling’ to target grants for cancellation

"'(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."...

October 16, 2025 In Press Release

Clean Water Advocates Warn Pacific Seafood of Legal Action Over Warrenton Pollution

PORTLAND — Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Northwest Environmental Defense Center (NEDC) intend to sue a Pacific Bio Products facility over more than three years of ongoing pollution of the Columbia River at its Warrenton, Oregon facility. Pacific Bio Products - Warrenton is owned by...

August 6, 2025 In News

Law 360: Judge Questions USDA’s Climate Grant Cuts

"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...

July 29, 2025 In News

Civil Eats: A Groundbreaking California Farming Collective Navigates the Loss of Federal Grants

The 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....

July 4, 2025 In News

Minnesota Ag Connection: Farming Justice Groups Sue Federal Government

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...