![photo of two workers in a meatpacking plant wearing hard hats and protective gear, handling slabs of beef on a processing line](http://blog.rf518.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/meatpacking-e1733860829311-1000x600.jpg)
Food Justice
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Our food system's failures hit people of color hardest, whether it's lack of access to healthy food, exploitation of food and farm workers, or the erasure of Native American foodways.
![photo of two workers in a meatpacking plant wearing hard hats and protective gear, handling slabs of beef on a processing line](http://blog.rf518.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/meatpacking-e1733860829311-1000x600.jpg)
![photo of women wearing blue protective gear on either side of the production line in a dimly lit turkey processing plant](http://blog.rf518.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/turkey-processing-e1729706776825-1000x600.jpg)
![photo of sign for the US Department of Agriculture Whitten Building in Washington, DC; the building is in the background, among trees, a garden, and walkway](http://blog.rf518.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/usda-e1727704558550-1000x600.jpg)
![photo of a large group of people posed at the base of the US Capitol's steps, with the dome behind them, holding a banner that reads "Land Access Now"](http://blog.rf518.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Young-Farmers-DC-fly-in-scaled-e1680787589274-1000x600.jpg)
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![photo of a line of farmworkers picking and bagging heads of lettuce to put in many cardboard boxes on a trailer in the background; the workers are all wearing hats and bandanas as protection from the sun and pesticides](http://blog.rf518.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/lettuce-picking-scaled-e1692824496301-1000x600.jpg)
![photo of a farmer wearing a bucket hat and driving a tractor toward the camera, with some trees and hazy sky in the background](http://blog.rf518.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/farmer-on-tractor-e1692113460483-1000x600.jpg)
![Pigs crowded into a CAFO](http://blog.rf518.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Mark-Stebnicki-Pexels-1000x600.jpg)
![photo of a long dining table in a dark room, ready for dinner with candlelight, flowers, wine, tablecloth and place settings; the chairs are all empty waiting for guests to arrive](http://blog.rf518.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/dinner-table-e1687551305556-1000x600.jpg)
![photo of several farmworkers all wearing raincoats, on their knees picking strawberries; a tractor sits idle in the background](http://blog.rf518.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/picking-strawberries_scaled-1000x600.png)
![photo of members of the Good Food For All coalition posing on the steps in front of the US Capitol in May 2023](http://blog.rf518.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/GFFA-lobby-day-scaled-e1683732164591-1000x598.jpg)
![photo of a large group of people posed at the base of the US Capitol's steps, with the dome behind them, holding a banner that reads "Land Access Now"](http://blog.rf518.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Young-Farmers-DC-fly-in-scaled-e1680787589274-1000x600.jpg)
![aerial photo of a flooded farm; water is up to the sides of a farmhouse and silo, and a road next to the house is submerged](http://blog.rf518.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/flooded-farm-e1680725488717-1000x600.jpg)
![photo of a family picking strawberries in a field, with a house in the background](http://blog.rf518.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/families-on-farm-scaled-e1680620859594-1000x600.jpg)
![photo of a sign next to a rural road. It reads "The Next Farm Bill" at the top, and "Town Hall" below, with an arrow pointing away from the road.](http://blog.rf518.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/35835105913_9f2445afa0_k-e1675967212237-998x600.jpg)
![photo of two signs in front of the entrance to Eastie Farm in East Boston, MA. One hanging on a fence explains its mission; the other on a chalkboard lists what is available this day for people participating in its CSA program.](http://blog.rf518.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/eastie-farm-csa-scaled-e1671550947255-1000x600.jpg)
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Our food system's failures hit people of color hardest, whether it's lack of access to healthy food, exploitation of food and farm workers, or the erasure of Native American foodways.