Co-hosted by Funders for Regenerative Agriculture (FORA), Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN), Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF), and URSA Collective.

The pesticide industry is pursuing a coordinated, multi-front strategy to win broad legal immunity—through the Supreme Court, state legislatures, and federal policy changes—that could severely limit the ability of farmers, farmworkers, families, and communities to seek accountability for pesticide harms. With major developments expected in 2026, including the Supreme Court’s consideration of Monsanto v. Durnell, renewed state “failure-to-warn” preemption bills, and likely Farm Bill/appropriations language, the window for intervention is narrowing.

This webinar will map the immunity playbook and why it keeps resurfacing; clarify the current state of play, including what has worked (and what hasn’t); and assess the highest-leverage risks and opportunities across the federal, state, and Supreme Court pathways. We’ll close with concrete strategic roles for philanthropy—across health, food, environment, and agriculture—to better resource emerging efforts and key groups engaging on these fronts and help prevent permanent immunity from being locked in.