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Finding Power in Our Stories: Reflections from HEAL’s 2025 School of Political Leadership
🚀 Kicking Off HEAL’s 2025 SoPL Blog Series! Welcome to the first post in our 2025 School of Political Leadership (SoPL) blog series! This year, 14 dynamic leaders are joining SoPL to build powerful advocacy campaigns that drive racial, economic, and environmental justice in our food and farm systems. Over six months, participants will dive […]
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. […]
Statement: New USDA Reports Confirm Alarming Risks to Swine and Poultry Workers in Processing Plants
NEW USDA REPORTS CONFIRM ALARMING RISKS TO SWINE AND POULTRY WORKERS IN PROCESSING PLANTS HEAL Food Alliance Demands Immediate Action to improve working conditions for foodworkers (WASHINGTON, DC) – On January 10th, the USDA released two studies confirming that poultry and swine workers face heightened risks of carpal tunnel syndrome and other upper extremity disorders. […]
Seeding Revolution! HEAL’s 2024 Year in Review
 Download HEAL’s 2024 Year in Review Our vision is clear. In the future we dream of, all of us have the opportunity for meaningful, dignified work, and deep, lasting connections to the land. In our vision, vacant lots become vibrant gardens where pollinators thrive, rural communities breathe freely, and riparian restoration heralds the […]
In Defense of Our Food System, Workers, and Environment: HEAL Transition Memo
TO: Members of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate FROM: HEAL Food Alliance DATE: December 9, 2024 SUBJECT: In Defense of Our Food System, Workers, and Environment Over the last four years, you have helped us push the Biden-Harris Administration to advance food and farm systems that are good for […]
Ten Bills to Create Dignity and Safe Working Conditions for Food and Farm Workers
By Nichelle Harriott, Policy Director, HEAL Food Alliance This piece serves as the second blog of the series “Agricultural Workers, Essential but Excluded,” in partnership with Union of Concerned Scientists Food and farm workers touch every part of our food system: they plant and harvest crops, process meat and poultry, conduct food safety inspections, stock […]
Sowing Collective Care – HEAL’s 2024 Rapid Response Fund Impact Report
 Download HEAL’s 2024 Rapid Response Fund Report A fruitful and abundant garden depends on the many interconnected parts of its ecosystem – energy from the sun, water from the sky, nutrients from the earth, and even other plants’ components – to thrive. Launched amidst the chaos of 2020, HEAL’s Rapid Response Fund is […]