James looks into the DOJ investigation into egg price fixing and what it can tell us about the way our food system treats animals and people.

Sources:

https://www.justice.gov/atr/media/1450281/dl?inline 
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-unscrambling-the-egg-ma/204490574/  
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.978076/gov.uscourts.cacd.978076.77.0.pdf 
https://climate.law.columbia.edu/content/trump-administration-cancels-contract-bird-flu-vaccine-development  
https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/02/26/usda-invests-1-billion-combat-avian-flu-and-reduce-egg-prices 
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000708111 
https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Poultry/chickegg.php  
https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20231204  
https://www.dol.gov/index.php/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20240502  
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6248715/1/united-states-v-ramirez/  
https://www.versova.com/trillium-farms/  
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/labor-trafficker-sentenced-encouraging-illegal-entry-guatemalan-nationals-including  
https://u.osu.edu/osuhtblog/2018/03/02/failed-by-the-government-guatemalan-minors-placed-into-custody-of-traffickers/  
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James looks into the DOJ investigation into egg price fixing and what it can tell us about the way our food system treats animals and people.
Sources:
<a href="https://www.justice.gov/atr/media/1450281/dl?inline">https://www.justice.gov/atr/media/1450281/dl?inline</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-unscrambling-the-egg-ma/204490574/">https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-unscrambling-the-egg-ma/204490574/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.978076/gov.uscourts.cacd.978076.77.0.pdf">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.978076/gov.uscourts.cacd.978076.77.0.pdf</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://climate.law.columbia.edu/content/trump-administration-cancels-contract-bird-flu-vaccine-development">https://climate.law.columbia.edu/content/trump-administration-cancels-contract-bird-flu-vaccine-development</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/02/26/usda-invests-1-billion-combat-avian-flu-and-reduce-egg-prices">https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/02/26/usda-invests-1-billion-combat-avian-flu-and-reduce-egg-prices</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000708111">https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000708111</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Poultry/chickegg.php">https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Poultry/chickegg.php</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20231204">https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20231204</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://www.dol.gov/index.php/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20240502">https://www.dol.gov/index.php/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20240502</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6248715/1/united-states-v-ramirez/">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6248715/1/united-states-v-ramirez/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://www.versova.com/trillium-farms/">https://www.versova.com/trillium-farms/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/labor-trafficker-sentenced-encouraging-illegal-entry-guatemalan-nationals-including">https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/labor-trafficker-sentenced-encouraging-illegal-entry-guatemalan-nationals-including</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://u.osu.edu/osuhtblog/2018/03/02/failed-by-the-government-guatemalan-minors-placed-into-custody-of-traffickers/">https://u.osu.edu/osuhtblog/2018/03/02/failed-by-the-government-guatemalan-minors-placed-into-custody-of-traffickers/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; "

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Cracking the Case on Egg Corruption

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