1. What is food justice?
“Food Justice is the right of communities everywhere to
produce, distribute, access, and eat good food
regardless of race, class, gender, ethnicity, citizenship,
ability, religion, or community. Good food is healthful,
local, sustainable, culturally appropriate, humane, and
produced for the sustenance of people and the planet.”
By: Laura Oregel

2. FOOD JUSTICE IS RACIAL JUSTICE
“The food reform movement is predicated on rather
shaky foundations with regards to how it deals with
race and other issues of identity.”
Looking at wealthier neighborhoods and
neighborhoods that are considered poor, the
differences are apparent.
Wealthier neighborhoods tend to have high quality
restaurants and high quality supermakets.
Poor neighborhoods have fewer supermarkets and
instead have more liquor stores, and fast food places
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3. These poor neighborhoods are usually filled with African American and
Hispanic origin. These neighborhoods are filled with horrible food
choices, and is cheaper than healthier foods but many people can’t
afford anything but fast food, and are not willing to drive miles to find
healthy options.
* People think about racism as an individual act of prejudice or
discrimination from one person to another. That’s not what it’s
about. It’s about systems, structures and institutions.

4. LÍDERES CAMPESINAS
This organization is well known for for women who have been the leaders of
many grassroots and mobilizing efforts to improve the lives of farmworker
communities. “Líderes Campesinas provides these long-time leaders and
activists with the opportunity to coordinate their work statewide and has built
collectives so that campesinas may become agents of change and be a
more stronger voice.
They carry out research, analysis, advocacy and education with
communities and social movements for informed citizen engagement with
the institutions and policies that control production, distribution and access
to food. The is to develop leadership among farm workers so that they
serve as agents of political, social and economic”
They are committed to end racism in the food system and believe
in people’s right to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through
ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their
own food and agriculture systems at home and abroad.

5. Immigrant Workers in the the Food System
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There is minimal government oversight of regulation for H-2A
so guest workers leads to weak enforcement of worker and
protections in jobs where employee abuse is common.
If workers on H-2A visas lose their job, they are subject to
deportation. So temporary workers are put in an extremely
vulnerable position with little bargaining power.
Legal Recruitment of Immigrant Workers. The H-2A temporary
foreign worker program allows U.S. employers to hire workers
from abroad under a temporary work visa.
Foreign workers under H-2A are given guest worker status, and
are tied to the specific employer that recruited them.
To prevent “adverse effects” on the wages of U.S. workers, H2A requires employers to pay temporary immigrant workers at
least the local “prevailing wage” for the specific job.

6. Why Choose the Fresh
Way?
Fresh food is fresher because it does not
contain all the preservatives that packaged food has to
offer. Fresh food like fruits and vegetables are often
produced on smaller farms where they are sold. It is also
healthier for the environment. Farming reduces pollution in
air, water, and soil. It conserves water and uses less
energy. The animals have a lot more space to move
around and are well cared for. Many people are not
privileged enough to even have this option to eat fresh fruit
and result to processed foods. This could be due to the
social classes and the convenience

7. Get Involved
 There are internships at many places- A house internship spends most
of their time on administrative and office duties, and the majority will be
spent on a specific project.
 You can Volunteer at different places as well. You can start by being
more aware of the issue and being more educated on the topic. You
can collect food and deliver them to neighborhoods in need.
 There are many other issues when it comes to food justice but these
are the topics I wanted to go over.
 Here is a good website where you can start helping:
http://groupspaces.com/foodjustice/