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Growing collective power for just and sustainable food and farm systems We are the Health, Environment, Agriculture and Labor (HEAL) Food Alliance.

HEAL is a national multi-sector, multi-racial coalition led by members who represent over 2 million rural and urban farmers, ranchers, fishers, farm and food chain workers, indigenous groups, scientists, public health advocates, policy experts, community organizers, and activists. Together, these groups are building a movement to transform our food and farm systems from the current extractive economic model towards community control, care for the land, local economies, meaningful labor, and healthful communities nationwide, while supporting the sovereignty of all living beings.

10/15/2026

More data doesn’t always mean more power for farmers.

As agritech corporations collect more farm data, they can use it to improve their technologies, market products, and shape farming decisions. Complex data agreements can also give corporations broad rights over information generated on farms.

Farmers deserve control over their data and a food system that puts their interests before corporate profit.

👉🏾 Read our full Precision Agriculture report at the link in our bio.

10/14/2026

What happens when a community refuses to accept that a massive development is inevitable?

In Prince William County, residents organized for years against a proposed 2,100-acre data center campus with 37 data centers and more than 22 million square feet of development and ultimately stopped the project.

The fight ended, but the broader movement continues. Residents and local advocates are calling for greater transparency, stronger regulations, and more independent research.

10/13/2026

The School of Political Education is back! 🍎

Curious about SoPL but not sure if it’s the right fit for you? Come hear from SoPL alumni Day Aparicio Duran and Sasha Reyes about their experiences in the program, what they learned, and how SoPL has supported their work.

You’ll also have a chance to get your questions answered live and learn more about what to expect before applications open on October 19.

👉🏾 Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Hg0v0nsISI62rQO5A_IkrA #/registration

09/30/2026

3,000+ data centers already exist across the U.S., with 1,500 more on the way, many built on farmland.

They pose a real threat to local food systems: consuming enormous amounts of water in regions already hit by drought, straining regional power grids, and driving up energy costs that affect food production, affordability, and long-term resilience.

Farmers are turning down multimillion-dollar buyouts to protect their land. As one put it: "Once you tear it up, you can never replace it again."

Protecting our food future starts with protecting our farmland.
👉🏾 Read the full op-ed by Anthony Nicome in Civil Eats:

https://civileats.com/2026/06/24/op-ed-ai-data-centers-are-a-threat-to-local-food-systems/

09/29/2026

Precision agriculture isn't a neutral tool. It's built within industrial systems that already favor large, well-resourced operations over small and beginning farmers. Consolidation pressures will deepen racial inequality in our food system.

Food justice is racial justice. Technology that locks out farmers of color instead of investing in them isn't innovation, it's the same old barriers with a new price tag.

👉🏾 Read our full report: https://healfoodalliance.org/new-report-precision-agriculture-a-costly-distraction-from-real-climate-solutions/

09/24/2026

As billionaire wealth and economic inequality continue to grow, what can investors learn from the way companies treat their workers?

Join Just Futures for a free webinar exploring how corporate decisions about wages, executive compensation, discrimination, and working conditions can offer insight into both a company’s values and its approach to long-term value and risk.

You’ll learn how labor-focused investment screens work and what they can reveal about the companies in our retirement portfolios.

🗓️ September 30 | 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET
🔗 Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5a6GKrdQSEKxRZHMBD8e3Q #/registration

09/23/2026

We're pushing Congress to redirect public dollars away from massive industrial operations and toward producers of color who've been denied fair access to land, funding, and a real seat at the table.

This is the moment to make sure the next Farm Bill works for us, not against us.

💥HEAL Food Alliance is calling on Congress to invest in communities, not corporations.

👉🏾 Swipe through for our key demands, and read the full list at www.healfoodalliance.org

09/22/2026

From food recalls to “poop lettuce,” we’ve seen plenty of reminders this year that our food system isn’t working for everyone.

As corporations gain more power over our food system, we risk lower-quality food, higher costs, and fewer protections for food workers and consumers.

Our public dollars should strengthen the communities that grow, process, and distribute our food, not corporations that are already consolidating power.

👉🏾 Take Action: Call your Senators and tell them to reject a Farm Bill that puts corporate greed over communities.

09/16/2026

‼️ End the farm line.

Our food system should be built by workers who choose this work, with dignity and agency, not by systems that exploit their labor.

In 2026, incarcerated people at Angola are still forced to work the land for long hours in extreme heat, facing solitary confinement if they don't meet daily quotas, a system deeply rooted in Louisiana's history of slavery. A federal court has recognized the harm, and still, the farm line continues.

The future of farming cannot be built on forced labor.

👉🏾 Read the full op-ed by Ronald "DC" Reynolds and Keket Sanders, published by Louisiana Illuminator below.

https://lailluminator.com/2026/07/17/farm-line-angola/

09/15/2026

Dignity for food workers looks like fair pay, safe working conditions, and real representation.

Senator Alex Padilla just reintroduced three bills that would deliver exactly that: a dedicated worker office at USDA, an expanded Farmworker Coordinator, and long-overdue overtime and minimum wage protections for farm workers.

More than 21 million people grow, process, transport, and prepare this country's food, yet they've been excluded from basic labor protections for decades. These bills start to change that.

💥HEAL Food Alliance urges other members of Congress to join Senator Padilla in championing these bills and investing in the people whose labor keeps America fed.

👉🏾 Read our full press release here:
https://healfoodalliance.org/heal-food-alliance-applauds-senator-padilla-for-reintroducing-bills-to-strengthen-protections-for-food-and-farm-workers/

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http://healfoodalliance.org/

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