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Farmworkers
Farmworkers are making — and enforcing — the strongest heat protection rules in the country
by
Amy Scott
and Sarah Leeson
Feb 29, 2024
Farms that participate in the Fair Food Program ensure workers have access to things like shade and water. In return, they're first in line to sell to big buyers.
A hurricane destroyed farmworker housing. A nonprofit’s rebuilding something better.
Jul 7, 2022
Hurricane Irma damaged or destroyed already dilapidated trailer homes in Immokalee, Florida, in 2017. An effort to build permanent affordable housing is now getting off the ground.
Pandemic highlights poor conditions for some of Canada's farmworkers
by
Emma Jacobs
Aug 10, 2021
The country is starting to beef up inspections and is looking at a process to set standards for housing farmworkers who are in the country on temporary visas.
Music, food and myth-busting bring vaccines to hesitant farmworkers
by
Nova Safo
Apr 14, 2021
As much as 18% of the U.S. agricultural and farmworker population has tested positive for COVID-19 compared to 5% of the general population.