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Right-to-Farm bills aim to protect farms from non-farming neighbors intolerant of reasonable farm-related smells and noises. However, recent changes in some…

If citizens in one state pass restrictive livestock production rules, does that unfairly dictate to farmers in other states how they must raise their animals?

Especially on harvest days, farmwork seems never to end, and time can be in short supply. Sometimes, farm owners can be tempted to skip rest periods or rush…

(May 2022) Farm Commons is pleased to announce the addition of three new staff and one promotion to support the non-profit’s commitment to empowering…

Department of Labor has recently ordered two farms to pay a collective $240,674 in back wages and civil money penalties for H-2A worker violations.

The historic agricultural cooperative statute Capper-Volstead, now a century old, has recently enjoyed some rare time in legal news headlines. In January…

If you picked up a bottle of honey and saw “pure” on the label, would you assume that word means the honey is free of even trace levels of pesticide?

Banning the short-handled hoe was part of the recently enacted Colorado Farmworker Bill of Rights.

A farm in Texas relied on agricultural exemption from overtime wage requirements and is now having to pay $1.3 million in back wages. Workers in the warehouse…

As the COVID pandemic ebbs, another outbreak starts to flow into our bird populations. A highly pathogenic avian flu is spreading through commercial and…