All posts of HEAL Staff

Statement: House Budget Slashes Food Aid, Boosts Billionaires

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 23, 2025 House Budget Slashes Food Aid, Boosts Billionaires HEAL Food Alliance Urges Senate to Reject Reconciliation Bill That Cuts SNAP, Escalates Deportations, and Guts Climate Funding Yesterday, House Republicans passed a budget reconciliation bill that guts critical support systems for working families while giving more handouts to billionaires and corporate […]

HEAL Recipes for Collective Care & Resistance: Spring Update

Welcome to the HEAL Food Alliance quarterly newsletter! To stay up to date on what’s happening in the food and farm justice movement, subscribe now » Spring is here, and so is our latest recipe for collective care and resistance. We’re lifting up powerful stories from frontline organizers, urgent calls to action, and visionary leadership […]

HEAL Food Alliance Condemns USDA’s Reckless Decision to Increase Poultry and Pork Line Speeds

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 19, 2025 Contact: Shane Tan, shane.tan@berlinrosen.com  HEAL Food Alliance Condemns USDA’s Reckless Decision to Increase Poultry and Pork Line Speeds On Monday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced new actions instructing the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to allow increased line speeds at pork and poultry plants. Additionally, FSIS […]

Rural Communities Lose Critical Financial Protections: The Impact of the CFPB Shutdown

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Farmers and rural communities will face higher bank fees and predatory lending as Trump admin. dismantles watchdog bureau WASHINGTON, DC (February 28, 2025) – As the Trump administration caters to financial corporations’ interests—at the expense of everyday Americans—the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is at risk. Created following the […]

Stay Steady. Stay Strong. Our Movement is Powerful.

Over the past few weeks, we’ve watched the new administration attack our communities — all to serve the interests of Trump and his billionaire buddies. But let’s be clear: the first three weeks of Trump’s presidency have not shown his strength. They’ve revealed the MAGA strategy. MAGA republicans and their billionaire friends are trying to […]

HEAL Food Alliance Urges Congress to Protect Transparency in Lending for Small Farmers and Ranchers

HEAL Food Alliance Urges Congress to Protect Transparency in Lending for Small Farmers and Ranchers WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 5, 2024) – Today, the House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing for multiple bills that threaten key protections for small farmers, ranchers, and everyday borrowers. Lawmakers discussed rolling back critical regulations designed to provide transparency […]

HEAL Food Alliance Expresses Concern Rollins’ Nomination Poses to Farmers, Workers, and Food Insecure Families

HEAL Food Alliance Expresses Concern Rollins’ Nomination Poses to Farmers, Workers, and Food Insecure Families USDA Needs Leadership that Champions the Needs of All Communities NATIONAL – Today, Brooke Rollins, former White House policy advisor and chief executive officer of the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), faced a Senate confirmation hearing to lead the U.S. […]