Food and Farm Labor

Grocery workers picket and prepare to strike with their union

Could a California Grocery Worker Strike Spur a Nationwide Movement?

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08.28.19

cjefs cooking in a restaurant kitchen

The Past Decade Has Brought a Sea Change in Food and Farm Labor

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08.27.19

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Meet the Women Building Political Power for Farmworkers in the Central Valley

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08.12.19

Guest workers striking at King Fuji Ranch

The H-2A Guest Worker Program Has Ballooned in Size, but Both Farmers and Workers Want it Fixed

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07.16.19

A study group as part of ASU's CAMP program. (Photo courtesy of Seline Szkupinski Quiroga)

For Children of Migrant Farmworkers, High School Graduation Takes a Village

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07.09.19

Rosalinda Guillen. (Photo courtesy of C2C)

Rosalinda Guillen is a Force for Farmworker Justice

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07.01.19

Illustration showing farmworkers in a dusty field where they're at risk of contracting valley fever

Climate Change-Fueled Valley Fever is Hitting Farmworkers Hard

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06.17.19

black hand picking an apple for heritage cider

American Cider in Black and White

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05.10.19

United Farm Workers' 3-mile march for comprehensive immigration reform in Salinas, Calif. (Photo CC-licensed by Steve Rhodes)

Less than 1 Percent of US Farmworkers Belong to a Union. Here’s Why.

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05.07.19

farm workers picking carrots in the field.

Does Your Food Label Guarantee Fair Farmworkers’ Rights? This One Does.

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04.29.19

Taco Bell employees at the Barksdale Base Exchange in Louisiana. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joanna M. Kresge.)

Fast Food Workers Can Be Fired For No Reason. A New Bill Could Change That.

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04.24.19

Latinx farmowner Victor Cortes

More Latinx Farmers Own Their Land. Could They Make the Food System More Sustainable?

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04.15.19

Fruit pickers protest in the Wonderful Company's orchards. (Photo courtesy of UFW)

The Farmworkers Who Pick Your Halo Mandarins Just Organized a Massive Labor Strike

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04.08.19

A protester holding up a sign urging for driver's licenses for all

Undocumented Immigrants Want Driver’s Licenses—and to Be Shielded from ICE

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03.26.19

Mexican farmworkers (known as 'chileros') harvesting New Mexico's famed green chile. (Photo credit: Joseph Sorrentino / iStock)

A New American Dream: The Rise of Immigrants in Rural America

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03.22.19

Agriculture workers pick strawberries from a produce farm in Camarillo, Calif.

Farmworkers Are on the Frontlines of Climate Change. Can New Laws Protect Them?

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02.27.19

Hundreds gather in San Francisco with the youth led Sunrise Movement to call on House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to support the formation of a Select Committee to advance a Green New Deal to address Climate Change. (Photo CC-licensed by Peg Hunter)

A Green New Deal Must Include Food and Farming

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01.30.19

Campesinos Working in Tlalquiltenango, Morelos, Mexico. (Photo credit: Joseph Sorrentino / iStock)

Why Food Insecurity Is a Global Farmworker Issue

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12.21.18