The Agricultural Justice Project (AJP) Toolkit provides comprehensive guidance and resources for building fair and accountable businesses and workplaces that support workers, small-scale farmers, and communities.
Originally designed to help farms and ranches achieve AJP’s Food Justice Certification standards, the toolkit has since been expanded to assist a broader audience. With support from an NCR-SARE Research and Education grant, it now offers valuable tools for farmworkers, food chain workers, food business employers, nonprofit employers, and buyers of farm products, whether or not they are pursuing Food Justice Certification. Educators, advocacy organizations, and community members working toward a just food system will also find these resources beneficial.
Inside, you’ll find different kinds of resources:
- guidance on workplace and business practices;
- reference materials;
- templates and forms;
- model policies and practices;
- and links to other organizations who can help you or offer more specialized knowledge.
Farmer/writer Elizabeth Henderson has headed up the writing and compilation of our Farmer Toolkit since AJP’s first pilot certifications, and Jon Magee has contributed editing and additions since 2021. The toolkit benefits from major contributions and editing by Leah Cohen, Sally Lee, Chelsie Papiez, and Danielle Mastrogiovanni.
All AJP-authored content in the toolkit is shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, promoting accessibility and collaboration.
URL: https://agriculturaljusticeproject.org/toolkit/
Want more information? See the related SARE grant:
- Identifying and Incorporating Fair Labor and Fair Pricing on Sustainable Farms in the North Central Region (LNC21-447)
This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture through the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or SARE.