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We Won’t Let the Trump Administration Twist the Truth on Dangerous Line Speeds
By Nathaly Lozado Arreaga2026 Summer Intern (Reducetarian Fellow) A fair food system should ensure all workers can labor safely, and with dignity – even in slaughterhouses. No worker should sacrifice…
Big Ag is Pushing for More Power Over the Food System Workforce. We’re Fighting Back.
A fair food system is one in which workers receive a livable wage and where they feel safe to defend their rights at work. But the United States’ food system…
Isolated, Intimidated, and Exploited: Why Labor Camp Access Matters
Farmworkers, like everyone else, deserve to work safely, with fair pay, without fear, and with dignity. But the reality is the industrial food system often deprives farmworkers of their legal…
Child Farmworkers Suffer in Our Food System. Will the Supreme Court Make Things Worse?
A fair food system produces food that is nourishing and safe to eat. That food emerges from soil that is fertile and rich, rather than depleted by cancer-causing pesticides and…
This Sh*t Stinks: Big Ag and Big Oil’s Dirty Biogas Scam
If you take Big Ag execs at their word, they’ve found the miracle solution to climate change. By converting the poop from cows into “biogas” or “renewable natural gas,” their…
We’re standing up for Haitian meatpacking workers. Big Ag won’t.
In late January and early February 2026, two federal courts on opposite sides of the country halted the Trump administration’s efforts to revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians. For…
Going on Offense for Food Justice: FarmSTAND’s 2025 in Review
2025 has been a hard year. From the start, the second Trump Administration has waged cruel assaults on America’s most vulnerable communities: immigrants, workers, activists, and anyone who dares to…
Food Workers Deserve Better Than Diapers and Shewees
Industrial food production relies on people holding their bladders to the point of bursting or beyond. The industrial agriculture system turns animals into meat like this: workers stand on disassembly…
America’s unfair food system was built on lending discrimination. We’re fighting back.
American agriculture relies on credit as much as it does seeds, soil, rain, and sun. Without credit, farmers cannot invest in tractors, livestock, or new irrigation systems. They may not…