Elizabeth Henderson
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Securing a Labor Force at Sweetland Farm
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A vegetable farm raised wages to $15 an hour and lived to tell the tale! Early in 2016, Evangeline Sarat at Sweetland Farm, in Trumansburg, NY, announced that she would paying wages to her employees at the Tompkins County living wage level. Evangeline explained, “For me, it is very pin pointed: if my employees work,…
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Farmers, Farmworkers and Students Unite
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An Open Meeting on Domestic Fair Trade for the Northeast Responding to the call to a gathering on domestic fair trade in the Northeast, two dozen farmers and farmer organizers, farmworker organizers, student and union activists, and service providers for low-income workers came together for an intense 3 hours on August 14, 2015. Louis Battalen,…
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First Food Justice Certified Farm and Food Stores in New York
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Long overdue, Food Justice Certified “measures what matters,” ensuring that workers on farms and the farmers who hire them are fairly treated and paid. Food Justice Certification is the first social justice labeling program to launch in the US and Canada. So far, a cooperative of organic grain growers in Canada and a family farm…
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Steps to a Solidarity Economy: Farmer-Farmer and Farmer-Consumer Cooperatives in Community Supported Agriculture
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While a few energetic and competent farmers manage to run CSAs by themselves or with only their families and employees, they are missing the opportunities for broader participation and support that CSA offers. Building solidarity has practical advantages and at the same time contributes to deep social transformation. To build a future for ourselves and…
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