A fair food system is one in which workers receive a livable wage and where they feel safe to defend their rights at work. But the United States’ food system is built on a long history of oppression and exploitation. Due to agricultural exceptionalism, farmworkers...
Read MoreClick here to read this case page in English. La histórica Ley de Derechos de Trabajadores Agrícolas de Colorado en el año 2021 aseguró el derecho de personas trabajadoras agrícolas de recibir visitantes en vivienda proveída por su empleador. Esto incluye visitantes como abogados de los...
Read MoreNathan Leys, staff attorney for FarmSTAND, said with the rise of glyphosate-resistant weeds, farmers have been forced to use more toxic chemicals. He argued the cycle shows the dangers of dependence on glyphosate-based farming systems and suggested more sustainable approaches like cover cropping and crop...
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Read More Case: Haciendo valer el derecho de personas trabajadoras agrícolas de recibir visitantes (Colorado Legal Services v. Southern Colorado Farms) Enforcing Farm Workers’ Right to Visitors (Colorado Legal Services v. Southern Colorado Farms)"What’s at stake before the high court is the legal exposure of a handful of 'Big Ag' executives, not the day-to-day realities farmers are facing."...
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Farmworkers, like everyone else, deserve to work safely, with fair pay, without fear, and with dignity. But the reality is the industrial food system often deprives farmworkers of their legal and human rights. Isolation and power imbalance make it hard for workers to advocate for...
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A fair food system produces food that is nourishing and safe to eat. That food emerges from soil that is fertile and rich, rather than depleted by cancer-causing pesticides and herbicides. In a fair food system, the farmworkers that harvest our food are treated with...
Read More[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" background_animation="none" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Farmers and farmworkers are standing up to say that Monsanto and its Big Ag industry friends do not speak for them. On behalf of 15 organizations dedicated to the wellbeing of farmers and farmworkers, FarmSTAND filed an amicus...
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Read More Case: No Corporate Impunity for Roundup (Monsanto v. Durnell)
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...
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