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May 28, 2019 In Resource Materials

Tactics for Attorneys with Clients Suffering Harms from Industrial Animal Agriculture

Use this document to help screen and evaluate cases against potential harms from new and expanding factory farms, slaughterhouses, and processing plants....

Case: Fact Sheets

May 24, 2019 In News

All Things Considered: Plaintiffs In CAFO, Right To Farm Lawsuit Want A Rehearing

Two Hendricks County couples are petitioning the Indiana Court of Appeals to rehear their case against a neighboring farm with 8,000 hogs. They say the smell from the confined animal feeding operation or CAFO is...

May 10, 2019 In Cases

Iowa Public Trust Doctrine (Iowa CCI & FWW v. State of Iowa)

The Public Justice Food Project, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, and Food & Water Watch filed a lawsuit against the State of Iowa claiming that the state has violated its obligation to protect the Raccoon...

May 10, 2019 In Resource Materials

Help with Organizing to Stop a New or Expanding CAFO

Find out how the Socially Responsible Agriculture Project may be able to help your community protect itself from the damages caused by industrial livestock operations....

Case: North Carolina Ag-Gag / PETA et al v. Stein (formerly Cooper) et al.Fact Sheets

May 6, 2019 In Resource Materials

Combatting Factory Farms in Your Community

This guide is an introduction to steps you can take to combat the harms of factory farms in your community as industrial-scale animal agriculture expands across the United States, resulting in more communities who suffer...

May 15, 2015 In Cases

Yakima Valley Dairy Cases

[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_video link="https://youtu.be/mfvoz7L2o9g" align="center"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]In October 2012, the Center for Food Safety and the Community Association for Restoration of the Environment (CARE) — both represented by Public Justice — warned four...