Five years have passed since farmworkers declared, at the historic signing of the first Milk with Dignity agreement, a “new day for human rights in the dairy industry.” In those five years, the achievements of Milk with Dignity have surpassed the dreams of the workers who conceived of and built the Program. Milk with Dignity has transformed the nature of work on dairy farms.

The Program has achieved unprecedented improvements in labor and housing conditions for hundreds of dairy workers and has secured benefits and protections for a workforce previously bereft of enforceable rights. Never before have dairy workers entered into a legally-binding agreement with a company sourcing milk from the farms on which they live and work, and nowhere else have they accomplished such a dramatic change in pay and conditions in so short a time.

This report documents the impact of the Milk with Dignity program on farms selling to Ben & Jerry’s between 2018-2022.