Abbey Vogel is outreach coordinator with the Food & Environment program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. In her role, Abbey works alongside activists and scientists to promote national food and agricultural policy that centers health and wellness for all, including future generations. She seeks to uplift the expertise of Indigenous and small-scale farmers, migrant farmworkers, and meatpacking line workers to promote sustainable farming practices that protect labor, land, water, and air.
Prior to joining UCS, Abbey served as the Director of Client Advocacy at the Fair Housing Center in Cleveland, Ohio. She has extensive experience as a grassroots community organizer working on campaigns for food justice, democratic socialism, paid family and medical leave, and renters’ rights. Abbey has spent her career learning alongside grassroots movement makers and system shakers in diverse cultural and geographic contexts. She has fought for sustainable agriculture and seed sovereignty in partnership with Indigenous farmers in Chiapas, Mexico; she also lived and worked in Suchitoto, El Salvador, as a teacher at El Centro Arte para la Paz.
Abbey holds a master’s degree in International Studies from the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies. Abbey has contributed to research on social justice topics including wage theft, day labor, and the violence of border enforcement. She has had the opportunity to collaborate on projects published by the UN and Stanford University Press (Laboring for Justice, 2023).