Jessica Culpepper she|her

Six workers died in a Colorado dairy last week. Fathers, sons, husbands. If this happened in any other factory, it’d dominate headlines. At a factory farm, it’s dismissed. This is the deadly cost of ag exceptionalism. Proud of @KelseyEberly. cpr.org/2025/08/29/col…

Protecting rural communities from industrial agriculture takes strategy, courage, and collective power. We’re proud to have @JessCulpepper as @SRAProject’s Board Chair, using legal expertise & community-led action to help us build a fairer food future.✨🌱 clf.jhsph.edu/viewpoints/jes…

This case is about more than process. It’s about fairness, transparency, and protecting the future of agriculture and our climate. Proud to stand with our clients.

Judge Howell: “I would agree with you on that.”

We’re live at the hearing in Urban Sustainability Directors Network et al v. USDA, where @farmstandorg is representing plaintiffs challenging the unexplained termination of critical climate + equity grants in agriculture.

@WWCasheville made me who I am: rooted in service, sustainability & hard work. Small liberal arts colleges are struggling, & cutting disaster funds for the hardest‑hit one is wrong. Thank you John Ager for shining a light on this. #NCpol citizen-times.com/story/opinion/… via @asheville

Hope is strategy. Justice is non-negotiable. On 5/16, I’ll share how @farmstand_org stays grounded in long-term change, refusing to trade one form of justice for another. Animal protection, racial justice, worker power & democracy are one fight. tinyurl.com/245hwd5j #WeAreAVA

📢 We're hiring at @FarmSTANDorg! ⚖️ Staff & Senior Attorneys 💻 Digital Comms Associate 🌾 Rural Organizer Join us in fighting for a food system accountable to people, not profit. Apply or share with your people! 🔗 farmstand.org/join-our-team/

New @Reuters reporting from @leahjdouglas: Trump admin is laying off key staff overseeing bird flu—just as the virus jumps from farmed animals to pets. This is a public health crisis. @farmstandorg's latest: how BigAg is using this moment to gain power. farmstand.org/trumps-plan-fo…

My son tried to kick my daughter out of his Lego build. Without missing a beat, she yelled, "I HAVE THE RIGHT TO BUILD!" Leading the resistance one Lego at a time. Somewhere, a Supreme Court justice just broke into a cold sweat.

Across the country, tens of thousands of farmers and farmer-serving organizations have been thrown into limbo by an unprecedented freeze of federal funding. The USDA is currently withholding payments owed under signed, lawful contracts, causing turmoil across our food system.

🚨BREAKING: Big Ag exploits labor, animals & the environment—but rural communities are fighting back. @farmstandorg is proud to rep Driftless Water Defenders alongside Jim Larew & @Public_Justice in suing an Iowa slaughterhouse for polluting local waters. cbs2iowa.com/news/local/iow…

“The point of this orchard was to make us more resilient. We are able to have a diversified farm that has other products to offer and can offset losses when catastrophes like this happen. But instead, now we have the federal government as a catastrophe.” — Ang Roell, Mass. farmer

Factory farms fuel bird flu—but Trump is halting research & silencing public health experts. Food chain workers—mostly immigrants & people of color—face the highest risk. Just like COVID, they suffer while corporations profit. Read my latest in @TeenVogue: teenvogue.com/story/bird-flu…

Proud to see our very own @DavidMuraskin featured in this important @voxdotcom article! He sheds light on the devastating impact of factory farms on Iowa’s communities and environment. A must-read for anyone invested in the fight for a fair food system. vox.com/future-perfect…

Great new piece by @ElkadiNina on the new USDA study showing 81% of Meatpacking Workers at High Injury Risk. This is a powerful outlay of the human cost of putting profit over people. sentientmedia.org/meatpacking-wo… via @sentient_media

4/4 These stories reveal structural issues in a food system built on exploitation. It’s why we do what we do at @farmstandorg. We’re ready to fight for justice. Join us to amplify these stories, hold corporations accountable, and build a food system rooted in justice together.

3/4 This isn’t new. As our senior attorney Amal Bouhabib writes on our Blog, Big Ag thrives on fear. Trump’s immigration policies are a tool used to maintain control and stifle resistance. 🔗farmstand.org/how-big-ag-thr…

1/4 Workers at JBS's Greeley plant are bracing for another round of exploitation under Trump 2.0. @TedGenoways and @MaryAnneAndrei capture the stakes in their must-read article for @FERNnews. 🔗 thefern.org/2025/01/at-a-c…