Food and Farm Labor

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

tractors driving across a large consolidated farm field

For a New Generation of Farmers, Accessing Land is the First Step Toward Tackling Consolidation

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11.20.18

A Black family standing outside their home. Photo © Ernest Lowe

Black Migrants: Photographs of California’s Forgotten Agricultural Past

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11.15.18

A farmworker couple, Nelson and Silvia* from Guatemala, surveys the flooding outside of their North Carolina trailer home after Hurricane Florence. (Photo by Justin Cook.)

Months After Hurricane Florence, Undocumented Farmworkers Still Struggle to Recover

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11.13.18

A chicken processing plant worker on the line. (Photo credit: Earl Dotter for the Northwest Arkansas Workers' Justice Center.)

Workers Fear Injury as Administration Clears Way for Faster Chicken Slaughter

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11.07.18

A portrait of the Working Parents team from the WIHU Spring. Included in the group are: Back row, from left: Susan Spikes, Suzanne Barr, Matt McFarlane; Kate Galassi: seated in green sweater, holding the baby. (Photo credit: Bridget Shevlin)

Women are Uniting to Fight Sexual Harassment in the Restaurant Industry

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10.29.18

Lechugueros often begin their days at one or two in the morning, crossing the border at San Luis Río Colorado and heading into the fields. Photo © Scott Baxter.

Life as a Farmworker in Yuma’s Lettuce Fields

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09.03.18