In the News They're talking about us 2024 Media Mentions Republican Rep Can't Believe Anyone Thinks Cutting $30 Billion From SNAP Would Hurt The Poor!May 24: Wonkette The House Proposed a New Farm Bill. This Will Affect Your Life—Even if You’re Not a Farmer. - Modern FarmerMay 24: Modern Farmer House Farm Bill expands big programs, but sets up fight over SNAP and climate changeMay 21: Spectrum News Ag groups react to House GOP farm billMay 20: The Fence Post What They Are Are Saying: Groups Oppose Partisan Farm BillMay 20: House Ag Press Release Ag Groups React to House GOP Farm BillMay 20: The Hagstrom Report Ask a Scientist: Stopping Big Ag from Hijacking US Farm and Food PolicyMay 14: UCS Blog Estancada la Ley del Campo.April 8: Radio Bilingue Estancada la Ley del Campo.April 8: Radio Bilingue HEAL Food Alliance Tackles the Farm BillApril 3: The Checkout Podcast How Food Industry Workers Want To Modernize The Farm BillApril 3: Forbes How to Be a Food Policy Advocate in Your CommunityApril 2: Modern Farmer Equity Commission report calls for ‘sweeping’ changes at USDAFebruary 27: Ag Daily The Essential Workers Missing From the Farm BillFebruary 14: Mother Jones Mejorar el sistema agrícola a través de alianzas y cooperación con Jose Oliva, HEAL Food AllianceFebruary 11: The Transcendent Farmer Podcast House Democrats push forth their farm bill prioritiesFebruary 10: Ag Daily Why the Farm Bill MattersJanuary 24: Heritage Radio Network 124 Food and Agriculture Organizations to Watch in 2024!January 3: Food Tank 2023 Media Mentions Farmworker-Led Groups Push For Next Farm Bill to Include Worker Rights and ProtectionsDecember 7, 2023: Modern Farmer Over 100 organizations call on Congress to pass farm bill to meet food challengesDecember 6, 2023: The Packer 100 unlikely allies to Congress: Act on farm and food challengesDecember 6, 2023: Ag Daily Open Letter to Secretary Vilsack on Farm LaborNovember 30, 2023: Morning Ag Clips Dysfunctional Congress Left American Farm Workers in LimboOctober 18, 2023: The Messenger From the Ground Up: Grassroots Movement Transforms Public Food Supply Chains, Paving the Way for Justice and EquityOctober 10, 2023: Food Tank Tlaib introduces Restaurant Workers Bill of Rights to improve the lives of restaurant workersOctober 8, 2023: Press & Guide Ask a Scientist: Will the New Farm Bill Transform the US Food System?August 16, 2023: Clean Technica New U.S. Senate bills are aimed at helping farm laborersAugust 2, 2023: Ag Daily California U.S. Senator Alex Padilla Introduces Bills to Strengthen USDA Support for Farm and Food System WorkersAugust 2, 2023: Sierra Sun Times Threatened by Climate Change, Food Chain Workers Demand Labor ProtectionsJuly 31, 2023: Civil Eats Booker Introduces Legislation to Protect Farmland from Corporate ConsolidationJuly 27, 2023: Insider NJ Daybreak July 19: Farm and food worker groups hold congressional briefingJuly 19, 2023: Agri-Pulse Food & farmworkers press Congress on farm bill topicsJuly 18, 2023: Ag Daily Learn about the fight for values-based food purchasing — and recommendations from a new reportJuly 11, 2023: Salon Farm Credit Can Make or Break Farms. Should It Be More Equitable?June 5, 2023: Civil Eats Merger of grocery chains isn't good news for New Mexico customersMay 23, 2023: Santa Fe New Mexican After lobbying in D.C., Idaho activist shares experience advocating for immigrant rightsMay 21, 2023: Spokesman Review Activists secure public contracts to advance food justiceMay 17, 2023: America's Farm Report After lobbying in D.C., Idaho activist shares experience advocating for immigrant rightsMay 18, 2023: Idaho Capital Sun Report Analyzes How Public Food Purchasing Can Promote Food JusticeMay 17, 2023: Food and Power Report: activists secure public contracts to advance food justiceMay 16, 2023: FERN's Ag Insider Farm bill should encourage transparency in loan access processApril 28, 2023: Ag Daily La crisis climática y la agricultura.April 27, 2023: Radio Bilingue Welch introduces bill to hold corporations accountable for child labor violationsApril 26, 2023: Vermont Biz Farmers and Advocates See Opportunity for Climate Action and Racial Equity in the Upcoming Farm BillApril 10, 2023: Food Print Demystifying the US Farm BillApril 7, 2023: Modern Farmer ‘Communities, Not Corporations’: Farmers March for Climate Action in D.C.March 10, 2023: Modern Farmer The Indigenous congressional climate pushMarch 8, 2023: Axios Visiting D.C., farmers urge equity in USDA programsMarch 8, 2023: Politico Pro D.C. Press Conference Highlights Intersection of Agriculture, Science and Social Justice March 8, 2023: Lancaster Farming Farmers March for Urgent Climate Action in DCMarch 8, 2023: Civil Eats Progressive agriculture groups rally for land access, climate-smart policies in farm billMarch 8, 2023: Louisiana Illuminator Farmers March on Washington to Demand Climate LegislationMarch 8, 2023: Lancaster Farming Farmers call for climate action in farm bill at Washington rallyMarch 8, 2023: Reuters John Mellencamp Performs & Tells Farmers to ‘Keep Slugging’ at ‘Farmers for Climate Action’ Rally in D.C.March 7, 2023: Billboard Farmers and Activists Prepare to March for Climate ResilienceMarch 7, 2023: Lancaster Farming Climate-ag rally center stageMarch 6, 2023: Politico Factory Farms Are Sourcing Their Cheap Labor From PrisonsMarch 6, 2023: Sentient Media 2022 Media Mentions Illinois Tech Team awarded NSF grant to advance equity, sustainability, and resilience in Chicago’s food systemNovember 21, 2022: ScienMag 123 Food and Agriculture Organizations to Watch in 2023December, 2022: Food Tank FTC Extends Review Of Kroger, Albertsons $24.6B DealDecember 6, 2022: Law360 Over 20 Groups Urge FTC To Block Kroger-Albertsons DealDecember 1, 2022: Law360 Rethinking Food Culture Might Save UsNovember 15, 2022: Non Profit Quarterly Question for justices: Does California put US pigs in clover?October 11, 2022: Roll Call 12 "Next Generation Agriculture Leaders" share their visionOctober 4, 2022: Morning Ag Clips Push to Reform Food Sector Through BIPOC, Immigrant-Owned CooperativesSeptember 28, 2022: Public News Service Groups seek president’s attention to food safety in upcoming Farm BillSeptember 28, 2022: Food Safety News Mayor Adams Appoints Qiana Mickie As Director Of New Mayor’s Office Of Urban AgricultureSeptember 21, 2022: NYC.gov Coalition urges Biden to demand farm bill to ‘reflect your valuesSeptember 13, 2022: The Fence Post Grants Fund Emergency Supports for Florida Farmworker FamiliesJuly 21, 2022: Public News Service The pressure put on EPA over ‘factory farms’July 21, 2022: Food Safety News Climate, environmental groups want EPA to target CAFOsJuly 19, 2022: Beef Magazine Oakland Nonprofit Fills Community Fridges to Combat HungerJuly 18, 2022: Public News Service MO Group Receives Grant to Support Immigrant, Refugee Meat-Plant WorkersJuly 14, 2022: Public News Service HEAL Grant Bolsters Workers' Center Programs in Central NYJuly 11, 2022: Public News Service Reaching the next generation of Black farmers in IowaJuly 1, 2022: The Gazette Why The California Furor Over Humanely Raised Pork Matters Everywhere June 29, 2022: Forbes Why Accountability May Be The Next Big Meat Industry TrendJune 8, 2022: Forbes How Meat Processing Workers Are Fighting For Safer Working ConditionsMay 3, 2022: Forbes Navigating Tensions Within Capitalist SystemsApril 12, 2022: MSC/Medium Regenerative Agriculture Has a Big Race and Equity Issue, and It’s Not Going Away Anytime Soon April 11, 2022: Well + Good Rethinking Food Culture Might Save UsApril 4, 2022: Nonprofit Quarterly Who Decides What’s NaturalMarch 29, 2022: Food Print What a Surge in Union Organizing Means for Food and Farm WorkersMarch 21, 2022: Eater Boxes of Vegetables as Medicine? Advocates Work Toward Food JusticeMarch 8, 2022: Public News Service Public Leadership Program Aims to Bring Sustainable Food System to IllinoisMarch 7, 2022: Public News Service What Consumers Should Ask About Precision FermentationMarch 2, 2022: Forbes Incarceration, Abolition, and Liberating the Food SystemJanuary 17, 2022: Civil Eats Why Food Price Inflation Is Not InevitableJanuary 4, 2022: Forbes 2021 Media Mentions Marla Larrave talks about the HEAL Food Alliance School of Political LeadershipNovember 10, 2021: Young Farmers Podcast A Primer for Participatory Grantmaking November 2, 2021: Nonprofit Quarterly Meatpacking plants were big COVID spreaders, USDA says. What it means for Fresno areaOctober 27, 2021: Fresno Bee USDA Offers Farmworkers and Meatpacking Workers $600 in COVID ReliefSeptember 9, 2021: Civil Eats I'm a Black Farmer. I've Been Waiting for Justice My Whole Life | OpinionJuly 15, 2021: Newsweek 6 Commonly-Believed Myths About Eating for the Environment—and What To Focus On Instead July 12, 2021: Well + Good 6 Commonly-Believed Myths About Eating for the Environment—and What To Focus On InsteadJuly 12, 2021: MSN Navina Khanna on Food Sleuth June 4, 2021: Food Sleuth The Truth About Big Chicken May 13, 2021: Serious Eats To End Food Apartheid, Nonprofits Invest in BIPOC LeadershipMay 12, 2021: Nonprofit Quarterly HEALing our Food Systems with Navina Khanna May 10, 2021: Foodie Pharmacology Podcast The Importance Of Collective Impact On Local Food Systems May 10, 2021: Giving Compass FARM DEBT RELIEF NOW AVAILABLE FOR BIPOC PRODUCERSMay 4, 2021: NSAC Blog The Rise of Guaranteed Income Programs Could Offer a Lifeline for Food Workers May 4, 2021: Civil Eats “One Planet. One Health” Amplifies Local Food Systems SolutionsMay 1, 2021: Food Tank “One Planet. One Health” Initiative Grant Program to Advance Stronger and More Sustainable Food Systems April 6, 2021: AP News Food Apartheid: Racialized Access to Healthy Affordable Food April 2, 2021: NRDC Blog Eat Well: 16 People Redefining Healthy EatingMarch 30, 2021: SELF Magazine Op-ed: An Afro-Indigenous Approach to Agriculture and Food SecurityMarch 26, 2021: Civil Eats Who Is Tom Vilsack?March 23, 2021: Who Is? Podcast: Now This News 3 Research Questions Could Hold the Key to Sustainable EatingMarch 17, 2021: EcoWatch One recipe for radical change within the global food systemMarch 11, 2021: Green Biz Agriculture and race: The complexities of rhetoric and reactionFeb 24, 2021: AG DAILY A Burgeoning Food Justice Movement Rises in Black AmericaFeb 24, 2021: Nonprofit Quarterly The Activists Working to Remake the Food SystemFeb 19, 2021: New York Times Seven Ways to Fight for Food JusticeFeb 18, 2021: Food Tank OEFFA discusses paths forward for sustainable ag at annual conferenceFeb 17, 2021: Farm & Dairy Will Biden’s Food and Agriculture Appointees Live Up to His Promises on Racial Justice?Feb 10, 2021: Civil Eats Ten months into pandemic, Rochelle Foods and Illinois health department still at odds over COVID-19Feb 9, 2021: Investivate Midwest Why Technology Needs To Support The Food SystemFeb 5, 2021: Giving Compass The Food System Needs More than a Digitally Skilled Workforce, Experts SayFeb 1, 2021: Food Tank Advocates Call for Shift in US Agriculture Policy to Benefit Black FarmersFeb 1, 2021: Nonprofit Quarterly Groups Call on White House to Enact Merger Moratorium in Food and Agriculture IndustriesJan 28, 2021: Common Dreams How the Biden administration can protect frontline food system workersJan 28, 2021: Facing South A New Policy Platform to Navigate the Intersection of Food and TechnologyJan 27, 2021: Food Tank After 10 months of minimal oversight, Biden orders OSHA to get to workJan 26, 2021: The Counter Chicagoland’s COVID-19 JungleJan 22, 2021: The Progressive Magazine Can a Divided Nation Make Its Food System More Fair?Jan 22, 2021: Cleveland Scene OEFFA Conference going virtual this yearJan 19, 2021: Farm World When Disaster Strikes, Local Farms Step UpJan 18, 2021: Taste Cooking Podcast — Navina Khanna, executive director of the HEAL Food AllianceJan 12, 2021: The Packer Does Regenerative Agriculture Have a Race Problem?Jan 5, 2021: Civil Eats 2020 Media Mentions Biden’s choice to lead USDA is sparking a broad backlash. Here’s why.Dec 10, 2020: The Counter 121 Food Organizations to Watch in 2021Dec 1, 2020: Food Tank Meatpacking Workers With COVID-19 Symptoms Are Still Being Forced to WorkNov 18, 2020: Jacobin Tyson Foods Suspends Employees After Lawsuit Alleges Managers Bet On Workers Catching Covid-19Nov 20, 2020: The Moguldum Nation Biden’s Dirty Dozen: 160+ groups say corporate Dem Heitkamp is ‘Wrong Choice’ for USDANov 18, 2020: Red, Green & Blue 160+ Organizations Urge President-Elect Biden to Withdraw Heidi Heitkamp from Consideration for USDA SecretaryNov 17, 2020: Common Dreams Progressives have knives out for Heitkamp as USDA race intensifiesNov 16, 2020: Politico Here's How Meatpacking Corporations Could Protect Workers From COVID-19—and What They're DoingOct 22, 2020: Common Dreams Meatpacking Workers Say Attendance Policy Forces Them To Work With Potential COVID-19 SymptomsOct 21, 2020: Pulitzer Center 14 Latinx Food Change MakersSeptember, 2020: Food Tank 8 Groups Working Toward Food JusticeSept 4, 2020: Wiki.ezvid Workers Keeping Americans Fed Are Going Hungry in the HeartlandSept 2, 2020: Bloomberg 4 Nourishment Production Specialists Share Their Hopes For Healthful Eating In 2021Sept 1, 2020: Globe Stats Workers deserve protection from COVID-19. The agency responsible for that doesn't careAug 31, 2020: NBC Essential Food Workers Are at Unique Risk for COVID-19. Some Are Fighting Back.Aug 3, 2020: Eater In 2021 For Healthy Eating 4 Food Industry Experts Share Their HopesJul 24, 2020: News Headline USA Meatpackers hit for discrimination against workers of color in virus protectionJul 16, 2020: People's World Well+Good TALKS: The Future of Healthy Eating in 2020 and BeyondJuly 16, 2020: Well + Good BIPOC-Led Groups Call Out Kellogg, Rockefeller, and Walmart on Bad PracticeJul 15, 2020: Nonprofit Quarterly Poultry worker advocates allege civil rights violations by major corporationsJuly 13, 2020: Facing South As coronavirus ravaged meatpackers, minorities bore the brunt. Now worker groups say Tyson and JBS violated the Civil Rights ActJuly 12, 2020: Washington Post Complaint alleges racial discrimination at major meat processorsJuly 10, 2020: Meat + Poultry Racial discrimination lawsuit filed against JBSJuly 10, 2020: Times Republican Tyson, JBS plants targets of coronavirus lawsuits alleging racial discriminationJuly 9, 2020: Fox Business Worker advocates file meat plants discrimination complaintJul 9, 2020: CBS Workers’ Rights Groups File Civil Rights Complaint Against PackersJuly 8, 2020: Pork Business Tyson Meatpackers Said to Need More Protection From CoronavirusJul 6, 2020: Bloomberg How will farms and restaurants emerge from coronavirus? We asked the expertsApr 20, 2020: Grist Grocers Are Offering Coronavirus Hazard Pay. If Most Farms And Slaughterhouses Don’t Follow, A Far Bigger Problem LurksMarch 31, 2020: Forbes 2019 Media Mentions Food & Race: 10 Years of Creating a More Just Food SystemDec 10, 2019: Civil Eats A new recipe for Buffalo: collaboration around food for economic freedomNov 20, 2019: Buffalo News Institutional Food Has a Sourcing Problem. This Coalition is Trying to Fix It.Oct 25, 2019: Civil Eats Coalition presses food service companies to improve food sourcingOct 22, 2019: FERN Ag Insider A Political Moment For Food Systems Change Takes Hold in the MidwestSept 28, 2019: Salon With Petition to Congress, 100,000+ People Demand Green New Deal 'That Fixes Our Food System'July 19, 2019: Common Dreams After a Decade of Food Access Work, Are People Eating Any Healthier?June 4, 2019: Civil Eats In new ag platform, Warren pledges to take on Big AgMarch 27, 2019: FERN Ag Insider Organizing Brings a Big Win to Boston’s Good Food MovementMarch 22, 2019: Nonprofit Quarterly 3 Minutes on the Food Movement: Progress is EvidentMarch 19, 2019: Flipping the Table Podcast Rallying the Troops: Farmers Around the U.S. Head to Iowa to Call for Better Agricultural PolicyMarch 1, 2019: Food Tank 14 Organizations Changing the Face of America’s FarmersFeb 14, 2019: Food Tank 2018 Media Mentions ‘Top Chef’ Needs To Invite One Of These Indigenous Chefs On Their ShowNov 28, 2018: UPROXX Leah Penniman on her new book, ‘Farming While Black’Oct 17, 2018: FERN Ag Insider New Campaign Launches to Reform Unjust Business Practices of Foodservice GiantsSept 1, 2018: Food Tank Big Food Paybacks to Cafeteria Operators Spark Controversy Sept 13, 2018: Food & Power Can a Prison Strike Improve Food for the Incarcerated?Sept 11, 2018: Eater Will the 2018 Prison Strike Mean Better Meals for People Inside? Sept 7, 2018: Civil Eats 2017 Media Mentions How Monopolies Make Gender Inequality Worse Dec 20, 2017: Forbes Climate Change is devastating our food and farming communities. This is what we can do next. Nov 9, 2017: Huffington Post] Race and Food are Intertwined. Here’s How We Can Do Better. Oct 20, 2017: Civil Eats Slow Food Nations to Take Stock of Progress - and Challenges - of the Growing Food Movement July 11, 2017: Civil Eats #MayDay Actions in 7 Scenes May 1, 2017: Colorlines Protest groups to unite as "The Majority" for massive actions across the country on May 1 April 28, 2017: Mic New Coalition Unites Movements to Overcome Dr. King’s ‘Giant Triplets’ April 27, 2017: Rewire Why are the People Who Feed Us Struggling to Feed Themselves? April 24, 2017: Rootstock Radio 50+ Activist Organizations Unite as 'The Majority' to Advocate for Collective Justice Mar 23, 2017: Colorlines Just Food Conference Brings Latinos to the Table on Food Activism March 17, 2017: NBC News 2016 Media Mentions My Turn: America’s food system is broken Sept 4, 2016: Concord Monitor Getting Food on the Candidates’ Plates Aug 31, 2016: Civil Eats Navina Khanna Unites Political Forces in the Name of Food Aug 19, 2016: Civil Eats Why Have the Presidential Candidates Ignored America’s Food Issues? Aug 29, 2016: Alternet Leaders of Color Discuss Structural Racism and White Privilege in the Food System July 15, 2016: Civil Eats Water, labor in focus as presidential hopefuls stump in California June 8, 2016: Capital Press