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A Call for Radical Solidarity and Care: The Impact of the Supreme Court Decisions
By Navina Khanna, Executive Director, HEAL Food Alliance The recent Supreme Court rulings are a stark reminder that it will take all of us to change systems that were never designed for us. From turning courts into policymakers to giving presidents near-total immunity from prosecution, these latest opinions advance a worldview that values corporate profits […]
HEAL Food Alliance Applauds New Federal Rule to Protect Millions of Workers from Extreme Heat
July 15, 2024 – With a dangerous heat wave scorching much of the country, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed the first-ever federal standards to protect workers from the deadly effects of extreme heat stress. In response, Navina Khanna, Executive Director of the HEAL Food Alliance, shared the following […]
HEAL Food Alliance Opposes Policies in House Farm Bill, Including Exclusion of Workers, Cuts to SNAP, and Removal of Support for Climate-Related Programs
May 17, 2024 – Today, after an extreme delay, the House Agriculture Committee released its 2024 Farm Bill, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024. The HEAL (Health, Environment, Agriculture, Labor) Food Alliance opposes the committee’s short-sighted recommendations for the bill. Even with the delay, the House Farm Bill falls far short of […]
Farmers, Food and Farm Groups Oppose Partisan Efforts to Weaken New Federal Rule Addressing Discrimination in Agricultural Lending
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 […]
Statement: HEAL Recognizes Draft of Senate Farm Bill For Historic Inclusion of Food & Farm Workers
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 […]
Equity Must be Integral to USDA Programs: HEAL’s Takeaways From the USDA Equity Commission’s Final Report
By Nichelle Harriott, Policy Director There is no question that for decades the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) failed to serve millions of farmers who needed assistance accessing federal programs, loans and other resources to help keep their farm operations afloat. The USDA denied service to many of these farmers, mostly Black, Indigenous and People […]
3 Key Takeaways from the Latest USDA Census of Agriculture
By Ashley Fent, Campaigns Researcher Producers of color face a farm economy that remains overwhelmingly white and is increasingly dominated by larger, fewer, and more industrialized farms, according to the 2022 Census of Agriculture, released in February 2024. Conducted every five years by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Ag Census is a […]
HEAL Statement on USDA Equity Commission’s Final Report
February 26, 2023: Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Equity Commission issued its final report of recommendations for the USDA to “address historic and current discrimination and promote equity.” The Commission’s report provides the USDA and Congress with a guide to righting past wrongs and ensuring it provides programs and services equitably to […]
Sovereignty & Resilience: HEAL’s Winter 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 » Everywhere we look this winter, we see beautiful acts of resistance, community building and care. At HEAL we recognize that our sovereignty and liberation is interconnected. It will take […]