This page features links related to the Food Justice Certification standards (officially known as the AJP’s Social Stewardship Standards) for employees of Food Justice Certified businesses.
Food Justice Certified (FJC) is a food label for farms, food businesses, and retailers that’s based on rigorous social justice standards for labor and trade practices. The FJC standards were written by farmworkers, community-scale farmers, and other advocates for food justice, and these same stakeholders oversee the FJC program. For general information on Food Justice Certification, see AJP’s website.
Summary of AJP standards #
For short, plain-language summaries of the benefits that AJP standards offer to workers and operators of farms and ranches, see:
En Español:
- ¿Qué ofrecen las Normas de Certificación de Justicia Alimentaria a les trabajadores agrícolas?
- ¿Qué ofrecen las Normas de Certificación de Justicia Alimentaria a les operadores agrícolas?
For a little more detail on these policies and practices, see our workplace posting and training materials:
- AJP Workplace Poster and Training Pamphlet (English)
- Proyecto de Justicia Agrícola y el Compromiso de tu Empleadore con las Prácticas Laborales Justas (Español)
Complete AJP standards #
The full text of the AJP standards is found here:
To jump right to the section that covers your position:
- Section 3.0 covers employees on farms.
- Section 4.0 covers employees in food businesses (retail, distribution, and any non-farm business)
- Section 7.0 describes additional requirements for farms or food businesses that are non-profit organizations.
The Spanish translation of the current standards revision is forthcoming. In the meantime see the previous edition translation and details of changes made in the 2019 revisions: