Archives of Farm Bill

It’s time to center climate justice and real climate solutions in the Farm Bill!

By: Ashley Fent, Campaigns Researcher and Navina Khanna, Executive Director Real solutions to the climate crisis already exist – on fields and farms, in communities, grassroots organizations, and in agricultural collectives. Currently, the Farm Bill props up industrial agricultural practices and corporations that wreak havoc on our ecosystems while polluting our air, water and food, […]
3 months ago

It’s time to address food insecurity in the Farm Bill!

By: Eloni Porcher, Communications Manager Community care is ensuring every person has access to sustainable, nourishing food they can afford.  Nutrition in the US is most often decided, not by personal or individual choice, but by where you live, what you do, and what you can afford to buy. And for communities of color, food […]
3 months ago

We must center BIPOC farmers & producers in the farm bill!

By Maleeka Manurasada, National Organizer, HEAL Food Alliance For many Black, Indigenous, and other people of color in the US, land and water stewardship play a central role in our culture, way of life, economic livelihoods, and the sustainability of our communities.  However, due to white settler colonialism, the opportunity to farm has been unjustly […]
3 months ago