The health of our food systems, the economic vitality of our communities and the health of our climate require justice for all.
We recognize the fundamental connection between people and soil. We empower community leaders, bridge gaps in capacity, and identify strategic opportunities to advance practice, policy, and science toward environmental equity. We seek to further the economic and social development of rural America and to promote the growth and development of small farms and farming cooperatives.
Ecology: Soil as our critical linkage
Soil health is fundamental to human health; soil erosion is often accompanied by the erosion of community life. Breathable air, safe and healthy drinking water, access to nutritious food, and sustainable waste management and the mitigation of the impacts of climate change are all achieved in the protection of precious soil resources.
Community building: We start with impacted residents
People, Food and Land Foundation comes from a decades-long legacy of critical social research and political activism addressing the impact of large-scale conventional agriculture on the life and livelihood of rural communities and workers. We take the position that small-scale, diversified food, farm, and waste management businesses hold the key to improving civic life and ultimately, environmental health outcomes for rural America.
Policy: Climate solutions from the soil up
Environmental injustice threatens the health of our climate and our rural communities. People, Food and Land Foundation’s projects are rooted in environmental equity as a way to reach bold climate solutions. We seek to move climate law and policy toward civil rights and equitable access to land, capital, and markets.