Episode 6: Earthjustice Alexis Andiman JD - How Earthjustice Fights For Sustainable Food and Farming

Alexis Andiman is a Senior Attorney at Earthjustice. Earthjustice is the premier nonprofit public interest environmental law organization. It wields the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people's health, to preserve magnificent places and wildlife, to advance clean energy, and to combat climate change. Earthjustice is here because the earth needs a good lawyer. Alexis Andiman is a senior attorney with the Sustainable Food & Farming Program, based in New York. Prior to joining Earthjustice, Alexis completed fellowships with the Conservation Law Center at Indiana University and the Center for Biological Diversity. She received her J.D. with honors and a Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law from Lewis & Clark Law School. While in school, Alexis worked as a legal writing teaching assistant and interned with a variety of environmental and conservation organizations, including Columbia Riverkeeper, Advocates for the West, and the Earthrise Law Center.   TOPICS EXPLORED 0:00 – 1:24 – Introduction 1:24 – 2:16 – What is Earthjustice and what type of work does it do? 2:16 – 4:17 – What are some of the sustainable food and farming issues Earthjustice is working on? 4:17 – 5:52 – How does Earthjustice work with scientists and local people on these issues? 5:52 – 10:12 – What are some of the key victories Earthjustice has helped achieve related to pesticides? 10:10 – 13:46 – What are some of the key victories Earthjustice has helped achieve related to slaughterhouse pollution? 13:46 – 16:41 – What are some of the key victories Earthjustice has helped achieve related to farm worker safety? 16:41 – 24:08 – What sustainable food and farming issue are you most passionate about addressing right now through your work? 24:08 – 25:52 – What actions can people take to advocate for sustainable food and farming? 25:52 – 26:04 – Things to share and wrap up   EARTHJUSTICE INFORMATION Earthjustice: https://earthjustice.org/ Earthjustice Instagram: @earthjustice   RESOURCES Earthjustice Sued the EPA to Restrict Water Pollution from Slaughterhouses and Won: https://earthjustice.org/experts/alexis-andiman/we-sued-the-epa-to-restrict-water-pollution-from-slaughterhouses-and-we-won Pollution from the Largest, Dirtiest Meat and Dairy Production Facilities Worsens Injustice. We're Calling for Change: https://earthjustice.org/experts/alexis-andiman/pollution-from-largest-dirtiest-meat-dairy-facilities-worsens-injustice Disparities of Industrial Animal Operations in California, Iowa, and North Carolina: https://earthjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/quistreport_cafopetition_oct2022.pdf In Response to Petition, EPA Announces New Federal Advisory Committee on Industrial Animal Factory Pollution: https://earthjustice.org/press/2023/in-response-to-petition-epa-announces-new-federal-advisory-committee-on-industrial-animal-factory-pollution Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA): https://www.epa.gov/epcra   FOOD FOR YOU AND THE PLANET PODCAST INFORMATION Apple Podcasts: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7pkAIuXxl9dzD48b7qMOL1 RSS: https://feeds.libsyn.com/506343/rss Podcast Instagram: @foodforyouandtheplanet   TAGS Food Environment Health Earthjustice Environmental Law Environmental Advocacy Environmental Justice Sustainable Food Sustainable Farming