The HEAL Messaging Guide: Rooted, Ready & Resilient – Uplifting a BIPOC-led Vision for Crisis Proof Food Systems
When we are all in for all of us, we can create the world in which each and every one of us can thrive. DOWNLOAD THE HEAL MESSAGING GUIDE When faced with calamity, we are forced — as people, communities, and countries — to go beyond the realms of what we thought (or were told) […]
Statement: The DOL must ensure that corporations abide by OSHA’s standards for workplace safety!
For Immediate Release: September 11, 2020 Contact: Kara Watkins-Chow, kara.watkinschow@berlinrosen.com Federal Government Issues First COVID-19 Safety Citation at a Meatpacking Plant Since Start of Pandemic On Thursday, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the first COVID-19-related citation to a meatpacking plant for failing to protect workers from the spread of the virus with a […]
Defending Immigrant Workers Means Defending Us All
A joint statement by food, farm & labor organizations Date: 8/7/2019 ICE officials raided numerous Mississippi food processing plants on August 7, arresting 680 mostly Latin-American workers in what marked the largest workplace sting in over ten years. The raids happened just as Donald Trump was arriving at El Paso, Texas, the majority-Latinx city where […]
‘Climate chaos, food solutions’: Four takeaways from Real Food Media’s and CUESA’s #FoodClimateAction panel
By Zeenab Aneez, Communications and Development Associate at HEAL Food Alliance. Last month, we made our way to San Francisco to listen to a panel discussion hosted by CUESA and HEAL members Real Food Media. Real Food Media’s Tiffani Patton moderated the panel and was joined by Janaki Jagannath, the former Coordinator of the Community […]
100,000+ People Demand a Green New Deal that Transforms Our Food System
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 18, 2019 Citizen Petition Identifies Four Food System Policy Principles and Priorities that the Green New Deal Should Follow WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, eight environmental, farmworker, public health, and food safety advocacy organizations delivered a petition—signed by more than 100,000 people—to Congress. The petition champions solutions to urgent food and agriculture issues […]
This Happened! 3rd Annual HEAL Summit & 10th Annual FCWA Summit
By Neshani Jani, Communications Director & Zeenab Aneez, Communications & Development Associate A few weeks ago, under the gorgeous blue skies and billowing clouds of Albuquerque, New Mexico, the HEAL Food Alliance and the Food Chain Workers Alliance (FCWA) joined forces for our first ever joint Summit! Our annual summits have become strong traditions for […]
Black History Month Food and Farming Resource List: Week 4
This Black History Month we took a few moments to learn more about Black History in relation to food, farming and food justice. We’ve been putting together a weekly list of resources—books, articles, reports, interviews and talks—that cover a range of issues that we need to think about as we move forward in our fight for food […]
Black History Month Food and Farm Justice resource list: Week 3
This Black History Month we’re taking a few moments to learn more about Black History in relation to food, farming and food justice. We’ve been putting together a weekly list of resources—books, articles, reports, interviews and talks—that cover a range of issues that we need to think about as we move forward. Read about about the history of African […]
Black History Month Food and Farm Justice resource list: Week 2
(Feature photo credit: NPR) It’s Black History Month and we’re taking a few moments to learn more about Black History in relation to food, farming and food justice. We’re putting together a weekly list of resources—books, articles, reports, interviews and talks—that cover a range of issues that we need to think about as we move forward. Read about about […]