Download HEAL’s 2024 Year in Review
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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 return of clean drinking water. Our families are nourished in body and soul. Neighbors support each other, and governments prioritize people and the planet over corporate greed.
This isn’t just a dream—it’s a future HEAL members are actively creating.
There’s no question that the year ahead will be challenging. We’re clear-eyed about the attacks on immigrant and migrant food and farm workers, threats to nonprofit organizations, and ecosystems sacrificed for privatization and profit.
But here’s what always remains true: there is no pathway to a better future without ecological stewardship, the preservation of traditional knowledge, and the power of working people.
And – there is no pathway to this future without deep connection and solidarity with each other.
Our survival depends on it.
We’ve been here before, but this time, we’re fortified.
In 2024, we grew our membership to 57 diverse, muti-racial, multi-sector organizations. At our first in person Member Summit in five years we deepened relationships, dug our hands in the soil, and dreamed together. We celebrated policy wins, like the historic inclusion of food and farm worker protections and traditional ecological knowledge in the Senate’s version of the Farm Bill. We defended against attacks on BIPOC farmers and directed millions of dollars to BIPOC-led organizing efforts.
Recently, a dear friend beautifully said “solidarity is when we are so deeply interwoven that you can’t tell the difference; we are threads of the same sheet”.
This is how we’re moving into 2025: knowing that our struggles, our victories, our humanity, and our survival are interwoven, and that our collective power is unstoppable.
As we enter a new year, we’re inviting you to join us in this work. Together, we are cultivating the seeds of revolution—grounded in connection, resilience, and the unwavering belief that a better future is within reach.