Thank you to all the farmworkers, food chain workers, farmers, and worker and farmer organizations, as well as justice-oriented food businesses, and eaters for actively participating in the standards revisions by sending comments and to the members of the Standard Committee, Advisory Council and Board of Directors in working collaboratively, across sectors to come to agreement via consensus on what the definition of high-bar, socially just and fair labor and trade practices are in the United States and Canada, from field to table. See the full list of participants, past and present, here. Want to dive deep into our standards? Go here.

“As an organization Community to Community believes there is only one certification scheme that adequately addresses farmworker concerns because farmworkers were involved in developing the standards from the very beginning and continue to be at the table regarding all decisions…We only support the Agricultural Justice Project….[AJP] has the gold standard that we should all be striving for. As FUJ [Familias Unidas por la Justicia] leaders say ‘fair wages and treatment is about more than just making money, it’s about changing a system built on our exploitation.”

- Rosalinda Guillen, Executive Director, Community to Community Development

We have a different set of farming tools for you! The templates, sample language, strategies, policies, plans, advice and resources that will help your farm run smoothly in a way that is rooted in respect, fairness, transparency, and teamwork. These resources have been collected from many generous family and community farms across the US as well as experts in policy, legal obligations, and farmer trainings.

Pick and choose what sections would be most helpful to you here. Download is free!

No obligation to seek Food Justice Certification, although many of these tools and resources will prepare you for this if you choose to seek it.

We will add more sections of the toolkit as they are finalized so check back again soon.

Do you wonder about prices for your crops, hiring workers or managing risks?

Please sign up for our new project by completing this form, “How Do You Know Your Pricing is Right and Your Investment is Protected?” Organic, sustainable, socially disadvantaged and beginning farmers are welcome!

For more information and if you prefer a paper version of the survey, contact: Robert Hadad – Regional Vegetable Specialist; Cornell Cooperative Extension. Rgh26@cornell.edu. Funding from NERME

CATA, Familias Unidas, C2C, FWAF, UFCW, & FCWA all OPPOSE the legislation. PLEASE SIGN & SHARE FCWA's petition opposing the legislation!! It is important to AJP that issues & decision-making structures be transparent & open so all stakeholders can decide for themselves what compromises are worth it. In this case, we have serious concerns about measures the proposed bill takes. It ensures that in the future, the majority of the agricultural workforce will be H-2A workers, but the proposal does not make overhauls that are needed to make these fair & just workplaces for farmworkers. This legislation will only continue the exploitative nature of the farm labor system in this country.

Have you heard more and more about horrific and unjust conditions farmworkers are facing due to the Covid-19 crisis, the fires in California, the increasingly spotlighted systemic racism of our food system?

Are you asking what you, as an eater who buys food for your family, can do differently? How you can avoid supporting our unjust and exploitative food system? How you can join the movement for food justice in a way that empowers workers and farmers?

This is precisely why we developed Food Justice Certification. So that eaters could vote with their food dollars, everyday, for a food system that uplifts farmworker, farmer, and food chain worker rights, livelihoods, and protections, all via living wages, empowerment, and transparency.

1. Look for, buy from, promote, and thank Food Justice Certified farms for caring about the people working on their farms enough to meet these high standards.

2. Thank, promote, and buy from businesses that care about the people that work for them and the farmers they buy from enough to get Food Justice Certified.

3. Ask farms to get Food Justice Certified to grow the movement for food justice and to demonstrate their commitment.

4. Ask food retailers and local restaurants to buy from Food Justice Certified farms and ask them to get Food Justice Certified as a Fair Company themselves!