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January 23, 2023 In News

FoodPrint: How Hormel Exploited Confusion Over the Natural Label

Natural is a confusing term for consumers. As we explored in an episode of our podcast, “What You’re Eating,” most people don’t know what it means or if it’s a regulated term. Is it the...

January 19, 2023 In News

Law360: Colo. Farms Say State’s Labor Rights Law Is Unconstitutional

A group of Colorado farms and ranches challenged a bid to dismiss their suit in federal court over an access provision in the state's agricultural workers' rights law, arguing the statute flouts U.S. Supreme Court...

November 22, 2022 In News

Vox: Sen. Cory Booker has a plan to stop taxpayer bailouts of Big Meat

The process of factory farming nearly 10 billion land animals per year is a risky business, but when something goes wrong it’s often taxpayers — not the corporations that produce America’s meat, milk, and eggs...

November 22, 2022 In News

Fast Company: ‘All-natural’ turkey? Here’s why you might pay extra for nothing this Thanksgiving

Is this “natural” turkey an ethical choice, or have I been duped this Thanksgiving? That’s a perennial holiday grocery-shopping question. And now, unsealed documents in a false-advertising lawsuit, which was settled just in time for...

November 21, 2022 In News

Food & Power: Natural Meat Marketing Misled Consumers, Lawsuit Claims

Think twice before picking “natural” ham or turkey this Thanksgiving. Recently unsealed legal evidence from a 2016 lawsuit makes the case that meatpacker Hormel misled consumers by selling the same industrially raised animals under its...

November 16, 2022 In News

Civil Eats: Biogas Expansion May Compound Worker Risks

Bob Baenziger, Jr. had made many dives in dangerous conditions over the course of his career. He was trained in the U.S. Army and had long worked diving on offshore oil rigs....

November 15, 2022 In News

U.S. News & World Report: Hormel meat labeling case shows U.S. rules need reform -advocates

Hormel Foods' labeling of a meat product line as "natural" despite using the same hogs and production methods as its other brands shows the U.S. meat labeling system needs reforms, said consumer advocates and documents...

November 15, 2022 In News

Reuters: Hormel meat labeling case shows U.S. rules need reform -advocates

October 11, 2022 In News

Politico: Strange bedfellows: Why Biden is siding with the meat industry

The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on Tuesday in a case about livestock welfare that could have broad implications for the ability of states to regulate everything from vehicle emissions to maple...

September 27, 2022 In News

Washington Post: Federal court finds 3rd Iowa ag-gag law unconstitutional

A federal judge has struck down the third attempt by the Iowa Legislature to stop animal welfare groups from secretly filming livestock abuse, finding once again that the law passed last year violates free speech...