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HEAL Food Alliance @healfoodalliance.bsky.social · 9d

HEAL Organizing Director Maleeka Manurasada breaks down the truth about precision ag:

-how it causes real harm to the environment,
-destabilizes jobs for farm workers and growers,

all while being funded by our tax dollars!

bit.ly/PrecisionAgReport

HEAL Food Alliance @healfoodalliance.bsky.social · 12d

We know real solutions to the climate crisis don’t come from corporations. They come from the people who care for the land and their communities!

Our new report highlights the harms and risks of precision ag and tech in our food system bit.ly/PrecisionAgReport

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Investigate Midwest @investigatemidwest.bsky.social · 28d

THREAD: Sept. 18 | 12 PM CST
Investigate Midwest is hosting a free virtual panel on immigration raids, reform & the future of farm labor. As enforcement ramps up and reforms stall, what does this mean for farmworkers, supply chains & rural communities?

Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/immigratio...

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HEAL Food Alliance @healfoodalliance.bsky.social · Sep 9

No one should have to choose between their health and putting food on the table.

It’s time for OSHA to support safety, dignity, and protection for the 28 million food and farm workers essential to our survival!

HEAL Food Alliance @healfoodalliance.bsky.social · Aug 28

This isn’t just a climate issue.
it’s immigration justice
racial justice
labor rights and
human rights issue.
Failure to act now is costing lives

#ProtectFoodandFarmWorkers

Text overlay on blue sky backdrop reads: “All food and farm workers need climate resilience, disaster relief and safety NOW”

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HEAL Food Alliance @healfoodalliance.bsky.social · Aug 27

That’s why HEAL Food Alliance is urging Congress to pass @padilla.senate.gov heat stress bill and provide heat stress protections for the 28 million working people integral to our communities and essential to our survival!

#ProtectFoodandFarmWorkers

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HEAL Food Alliance @healfoodalliance.bsky.social · Aug 27

No one should have to risk their life just to put food on the table. As global temps continue to rise, food and farm workers are at higher risk of illness and death from heat stress - especially for those who work in fields and poorly cooled spaces like factories and meatpacking warehouses

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HEAL Food Alliance @healfoodalliance.bsky.social · Aug 27

Extreme heat is now one of the deadliest weather-related threats in the US, yet we still have no federal safeguards to protect working people

That’s not a lack of resources, it’s a lack of political will. The #AsunciónValdivia heat stress bill is a commonsense solution that affirms a simple truth

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HEAL Food Alliance @healfoodalliance.bsky.social · Aug 27

When working people are protected communities thrive ✨
Heat stress protections NOW for the 28 million working people integral to our communities and essential to our survival!

For too long, corporate lobbyists and complicit politicians have put profits over people’s lives 🧵

Text overlayed on blue sky backdrop reads: No one should have to choose between their health and putting food on the table Heat stress protections NOW! Image of a person in a straw hat harvesting greens below is shown with a giant water color sun in the background.

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HEAL Food Alliance @healfoodalliance.bsky.social · Aug 27

But actually 💁🏽

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Civil Eats @civileats.com · Aug 27

Across the country, libraries are using culinary programs to evolve beyond traditional book-lending, adapt to users’ needs, and reshape themselves into contemporary centers of community.

How Libraries Are Creating Community Through Food

Libraries nationwide are offering community classes on nutrition, food security, and how to get a good meal on the table.

buff.ly

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HEAL Food Alliance @healfoodalliance.bsky.social · Aug 27

We want our taxes to feed people
not detain them
We want our taxes to help families
not separate them

#ProtectFoodandFarmWorkers

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HEAL Food Alliance @healfoodalliance.bsky.social · Aug 26

Reminder: no one is illegal and all labor is essential!
Join us in the fight for safety, dignity and protection for the 28 million working people essential to our survival! #ProtectFoodandFarmWorkers

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HEAL Food Alliance @healfoodalliance.bsky.social · Aug 26

We are in solidarity with all immigrant workers and oppose all policies that terrorize communities and separate loved ones. Our tax dollars must fund food, community and care, not fear and billionaires. #ProtectFoodandFarmWorkers

HEAL Food Alliance @healfoodalliance.bsky.social · Aug 7

“Folks need clarity about what is happening, support during a difficult moment, and alternatives to the current faltering system.”

This guide from @grist.org includes status of USDA programs and resources for those seeking additional support!
grist.org/food-and-agr...

Following the USDA’s food and farm funding: Here's what's been canceled and frozen, and resources for those affected

Your guide to federal funding cuts, plus resources for farmers and food businesses seeking support and solutions.

grist.org

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FarmSTAND @farmstand.bsky.social · Aug 7

Heat protections “should be implemented yesterday” @healfoodalliance.bsky.social. Agriculture and food system workers deserve to stay safe and healthy at work, especially as summers get hotter and more dangerous

A long-awaited rule to protect workers from heat stress moves forward, even under Trump

While labor experts say the regulation is progressing quickly, advocacy groups wonder what has taken so long

grist.org

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HEAL Food Alliance @healfoodalliance.bsky.social · Jun 18

Now is the time to act!

If we want futures where everyone has access to food, care, and a thriving planet we need leaders who invest in people, not corporations and profits

Tell the Senate to reject this destructive spending bill and vote “No” on Trump’s big bad bill
bit.ly/No2TheBigBadBill

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HEAL Food Alliance @healfoodalliance.bsky.social · May 29

In the latest HEAL SoPL blog, SOFSA shares how roleplaying 1:1s and revisiting their base-building strategy made their campaign feel clear and doable.

“What felt nebulous now feels approachable.”

Read more: healfoodalliance.org/aligning-res...

#FoodJustice #LeadershipDevelopment #BaseBuilding

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · May 12

Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Gaza: Why Does U.S. Have Money for "War and Genocide" But Not for Healthcare?

Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Gaza: Why Does U.S. Have Money for “War and Genocide” But Not for Healthcare?

Jewish Voice for Peace held its largest-ever national member meeting in Baltimore from April 31 through May 4, with more than 2,000 attending. We feature the address of Democratic Congressmember Rashida...

www.democracynow.org

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HEAL Food Alliance @healfoodalliance.bsky.social · May 8

🚨 Farmworker organizer Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez was detained & targeted for defending farmworker rights and dignity. He's facing a bond hearing at the ICE detention center in Tacoma.

📸 Post your #FreeLelo photo or video today.
🗣️ Take action: bit.ly/FreeLelo

#FreeLelo #FarmworkerJustice

5 staff members at the HEAL Food Alliance holding signs that say "Free Lelo and all targeted farmworkers!

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Food Chain Workers Alliance @foodchainworkers.bsky.social · May 8

🚨 Lelo's bond hearing is scheduled for RIGHT NOW at the ICE Detention Facility in Tacoma, WA. #FreeLelo and ALL targeted workers! ICE out of our communities! Learn more about this case at the #LinksInBio and share your photo or video in support of Lelo today.

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HEAL Food Alliance @healfoodalliance.bsky.social · May 1

THANK YOU FOOD WORKERS TODAY AND EVERYDAY FOR ALL YOU DO. Your labor gives us life!

#MayDay #WorkersDay

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HEAL Food Alliance @healfoodalliance.bsky.social · May 1

Do you know why you're eating today?
Because a farmworker bent over in the heat of the sun and picked your veggies. A poultry processing worker butchered and packaged your chicken. A transportation worker delivered them all to the market. And a restaurant worker prepared the final meal for you --

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HEAL Food Alliance @healfoodalliance.bsky.social · Apr 23

Every day is Earth Day 🌱🌊🌼
– which means every day we can take action to be in deep care with the land, water, and all its inhabitants – including the people who tend it ✨

Earth Day is Every Day on collage image of a farm and masked grower holding up red peppers. Mountain range, a waterfall, and images of various orange, pink, white, purple and green flora and fauna surround the text and cut out image of the grower.

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Food Chain Workers Alliance @foodchainworkers.bsky.social · Apr 23

On Monday, armed Border Patrol agents entered a Vermont dairy farm and arrested 8 farmworkers. This is the largest single immigration arrest of farmworkers and one of the largest worksite arrests in recent VT history. CC: @migrantjustice.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/petitions/fr...

Freedom for Farmworkers!

On the evening of April 21st, armed Border Patrol agents entered a Vermont dairy farm and detained eight farmworkers. This is the largest single immigration arrest of farmworkers – and one of the larg...

actionnetwork.org

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