Food and Farm Labor

a collage of three different home chefs and home cooks who work as MEHKOs

It’s Now Legal for Home Chefs in California to Sell Meals. Will More Cities Get on Board?

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06.30.20

An Uber Eats food delivery courier on a bike in high speed. Restaurants are closed and only deliveries are allowed during the state of emergency due to coronavirus.

Restaurants Are at the Mercy of Delivery Apps, but Can they Survive the Pandemic Without Them?

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06.23.20

A man cooks food in a restaurant kitchen. Photo credit: One Fair Wage.

One Fair Wage Wants to Help Reopen Restaurants—and Change How They Pay Workers

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06.19.20

workers crowded in a meatpacking facility not being inspected by OSHA during the pandemic

OSHA Faulted for Not Doing More to Protect Workers from COVID-19

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06.16.20

Juana Gonzalez, 28, has been an agricultural laborer for 10 years. She worries about Covid-19 Coronavirus, especially working so close to other workers all day long without protection. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images.)

How Fostering Empathy for the People Who Feed Us Could Change Our Food System

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06.03.20

A grocery worker stands behind a partial protective plastic screen and wears a mask and gloves as she works as a cashier at the Presidente Supermarket in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The Pandemic Isn’t Easing Up, but Frontline Food Workers Are Already Losing Bonus Pay

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06.02.20

A restaurant worker slices focaccia bread in the kitchen of a restaurant

Undocumented Restaurant Workers Have Held the Industry Together. Now They Stand to Lose the Most.

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05.28.20

An employee wipes down the windows of the Argentino Las Olas restaurant as it prepares to open to customers on May 18, 2020 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Food Service Workers Are on the Brink of a Mental Health Crisis. These Efforts are Helping.

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05.26.20

As Hundreds of Farmworkers Test Positive for COVID-19, Many Remain Unprotected

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05.13.20

Nikiko Masumoto walking in their peach orchard. (Photo by Brad Shirakawa)

Op-ed: Growing an Appreciation for the Hands That Feed Us

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05.06.20

Beatriz’s parents contracted COVID-19 after her mother was exposed to the virus in a Butterball plant in rural North Carolina. Photo by Victoria Bouloubasis

North Carolina Poultry Plant Workers Say Butterball Isn’t Protecting Them from COVID-19

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05.03.20

poultry line workers processing chicken at a meat processing plant

Op-ed: As Tyson Claims the Food Supply is Breaking, Its Workers Continue to Suffer

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04.30.20

The chefs at Norma Gs in Detroit are ready to work during the pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Norma G's)

Black-Owned Restaurants in Detroit Are Hard Hit by the Pandemic

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04.29.20

a restaurant worker looks anxious when he returns to his job.

As Restaurants Reopen in Georgia, Some Workers Fear Becoming ‘Guinea Pigs’

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04.27.20

Coalition of Immokalee Worker carrying produce. Photo from iStockphoto.com.

Change to Federal Rule Could Expose More Farmworkers to Pesticides

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04.22.20

Beef slaughterhouse workers at a meatpacking plant in Texas. USDA photo by Alice Welch.

Poor Conditions at Meatpacking Plants Have Long Put Workers at Risk. The Pandemic Makes it Much Worse.

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04.17.20

a big rig truck hauling fresh food from the farm to the market as part of a food distribution supply chain

Food Distribution 101: What Happens When the Food Supply is Disrupted by a Pandemic

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04.15.20

Farmworkers pick strawberries at Lewis Taylor Farms in Fort Valley, Georgia. (USDA photo by Lance Cheung)

Farmworkers Are in the Coronavirus Crosshairs

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03.25.20