Archives of Farm Bill

As House Advances Farm Bill, HEAL Food Alliance Calls Out Legislation for Putting Corporations Before Farmers, Workers WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following House passage of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, the HEAL (Health, Environment, Agriculture, Labor) Food Alliance is reiterating its opposition to a bill that continues to put corporate interests ahead […]

House Farm Bill Falls Flat as it Champions Big Tech at the Expense of Farmers and Workers WASHINGTON, D.C. – On February 13, 2026, the House Agriculture Committee, led by Rep. Glen ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA), released the long-awaited farm bill, Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026. This “skinny” Farm Bill comes after years […]

HEAL FOOD ALLIANCE ENDORSES CHAIRWOMAN STABENOW’S FARM BILL FOR RURAL PROSPERITY AND URGES SWIFT BIPARTISAN ACTION The Senate farm bill includes key HEAL priorities, such as support for small farmers, climate resilience, and nutrition assistance, but falls short on worker protections.  November 18, 2024 NATIONAL – With just weeks left in her tenure, U.S. Senate […]

On September 17, 2024 the HEAL Food Alliance sent the following letter to Senate and House ranking members of the Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry Committee and the Committee on Agriculture urging them to support the Child Labor Exploitation Accountability Act (S.1288/ H.R.2822) and include its provisions in the next farm bill.  Download the letter   […]

NATIONAL (May 15, 2024) – Today, 130 organizations including the HEAL (Health, Environment, Agriculture, Labor) Food Alliance, the National Young Farmers Coalition, the Rural Coalition, the Center for Responsible Lending, and Self-Help, a national CDFI, sent a letter to Congress opposing multiple targeted efforts by Republican lawmakers to weaken, overturn, and provide exemptions to Rule […]

HEAL Food Alliance Recognizes The Draft of Senate Farm Bill For Its Historic Inclusion of Food and Farm Workers and Its Effort to Provide Safe and Dignified Working Conditions May 3, 2024 – After much delay, on Wednesday the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) released a proposal for the […]

February 8, 2024: On Wednesday, the House Agriculture Committee Democrats published a memo laying out the principles the next farm bill should include to win the support of the House Democratic Caucus. In response to the memo the HEAL Food Alliance issued the following statement: The HEAL (Health, Environment, Agriculture, Labor) Food Alliance is glad […]

*note: This op-ed was originally published in the the Opinion section of the Messenger on October 18, 2023 Dysfunctional Congress Left American Farm Workers in Limbo By Jose Oliva and Sophie Ackoff Although Congress was able to make a deal this weekend and avoid a government shutdown, the 21.5 million people working in the food […]