In the food system, healthy food access, food and farm labor, and land and business ownership are all divided along racial lines. Communities of color experience the highest rates of poverty, food insecurity, and diet-related illness. In the U.S., Hispanic/Latinx people comprise nearly 80% of farmworkers, receiving extraordinarily low wages, having few labor protections, and working under heavily compromised conditions on a regular basis. And farmers of color experience significant disparities in land and business ownership, comprising less than 10% of farmland ownership and receiving less than 2% of farm sales.
Through Food Vision 2030, we have an opportunity to reverse these trends. We can elevate opportunities for healthy food access, ownership, and power across Black, Indigenous, and people of color in San Diego County. We can create a more just food system, one that belongs to all of us.
