Across the country, activists and advocates, farmers and foodies are standing up to support the idea that food workers play a critical role in the success of the food movement. To date, nearly 100 food movement leaders have signed on to the Real Food Real Jobs pledge. These inaugural signatories come from all points along the food chain and the fight to fix it.
Can you take action to stand with this growing community of leaders by signing the Real Food Real Jobs pledge?
We want any and all folks engaged in the hard work of building a better food system to sign it and celebrate their commitment to working together for real food, real jobs, and real transparency throughout our food chain.
Click here to add your name to the list and show your support for Real Food Real Jobs!
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Inaugural Pledge Signatories:
Lilia Smelkova - Food Day
Eric Holt-Gimenez - Food First
Nikki Henderson - People’s Grocery
David Schwartz - Real Food Challenge
Lucas Benitez - Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Damara Luce - Just Harvest USA
LaDonna Redmond - Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
John Turenne - Sustainable Food Systems, LLC
Mark Winne
Tristan Quinn-Thibodeau - Why Hunger
Tom Philpott - Maverick Farms
Kate Krauss - Slow Food USA
Katie Blanchard - Real Food Challenge
Wenonah Hauter - Food and Water Watch
Patty Lovera - Food and Water Watch
Jenny Huston – Farm to Table Food Services
Kathy Lawrence - School Food FOCUS
Robert Gottlieb - Urban Environmental Policy Institute
Doug Gurian-Sherman - Union of Concerned Scientists
John Peck - Family Farm Defenders
Gerardo O. Marín - Rooted in Community
Hai Vo - Live Real
Elizabeth Hendersen - Northeast Organic Farming Association
Daniel Tucker - Farm Together Now, co-author
Joann Lo - Food Chain Workers Alliance
Joe Parker - Student/Farmerwork Alliance
Shilpa Jain - YES!
Hnin Hnin - Slow Food USA
Yvonne Yen Liu - Applied Research Center
Nelson Carrasquillo - CATA (The Farmworker Support Committee)
Michael Sligh - Rural Advancement Foundation International
Michelle Mascarenhas-Swan - Movement Generation
Lorette Picciano - Rural Coalition / Coalicion Rural
Navina Khanna - Live Real
Andrew Kang Bartlett - Sustainable Agriculture of Louisville
Charlotte Williams - Center for New Community
Liana Foxvog - International Labor Rights Forum
Toni Liquori - School Food FOCUS
Sheilah Davidson - School Food FOCUS
Diana Robinson - Food Chain Workers Alliance
Brendan O’Neil - Migrant Justice / Justicia Migrante
Sophia Maravell - Brickyard Educational Farm (MD)
Sara Shor - Brickyard Educational Farm (MD)
Brenda Estrella
Catherine Kastleman - Food Day (DC)
Jon Berger - Real Food Challenge (Mid-Atlantic)
Jeremy John - Quixote Center, Crabgrass Christians Initiative
Mac Gaskins - Healthy Affordable Food For All (DC)
George Jones - Bread for the City (DC)
Anna Benfield - Washington Youth Garden (DC)
Kat Vann - Main Street Project (MN)
Niel Ritchie - Main Street Project (MN)
Chris Venegas - Sound Farm (VT)
Stacey Sobell - National Farm-to-School Network; Ecotrust (OR)
Katy Pelissier - EcoTrust (OR)
Anne Morse - Adelante Mujeres (OR)
Kasandra Griffin - Upstream Public Health (OR)
Monica Cuneo - Multnomah Food Policy Council (OR)
Kyle Curtis - Multnomah Food Policy Council (OR)
Jaret Foster - Portland Farmers’ Market (OR)
Jenny Holmes - Interfaith Food and Farms Partnership (OR)
Leslie Pohl-Kosbau - Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon; Portland Community Gardens
Hannah Wallace - Journalist
Hannah Kullberg - Better Bean Co.
Larry Yee - Food Commons
Mariana Huerta - Restaurant Opportunities Center, Los Angeles
Neelam Sharma - Community Services Unlimited, Inc. (LA)
Yelena Zeltser - Urban Environmental Policy Institute
Alexa Delwiche - Los Angeles Food Policy Council
Frank Tamborello - Hunger Action LA
Gail Wadsworth - California Institute for Rural Studies
Lisa Cech - Urban Environmental Policy Institute
Goetz Wolff - Lecturer of Urban Planning, UCLA School of Public Affairs; Los Angeles Food Policy Council
Matthew Sharp – California Food Policy Advocates
Ron Strochlic
Rose Arruda – Massachusetts Food Day Coordinator
Drew Love - Northeast Organic Farming Association; Real Food Challenge
Kerstin Lindgren - Domestic Fair Trade Association
Bob Minnocci - Northeast Organic Farming Association
Cindy Luppi - Clean Water Action
Vanessa Green - Clean Water Action
Joel Wool - Dorchester Community Food Co-op (MA)
Lee Matsueda - Alternatives for Community & Environment
Simca Horowitz - Massachusetts Farm-to-School Project
Dave Madan - theMOVE (MA)
Myrna Greenfield - Good Egg Marketing (MA)
