#Farmworkers

Tom Hawthorn

tomhawthorn

In 1980, I was a 20-year-old summer intern reporter at the Vancouver Sun, working weekends. You covered crime and speeches. The fledgling Canadian Farmworkers Union was trying to organize the

Luis Miguel Echegaray

lmechegaray

After everything, I’d love to see legislation that sets a pathway for legal status to undocumented immigrants. Since day one they’ve been vilified and called the enemy - by a

DogMomUSA

DogMomUSA

Ok so I’m going to explain why this is important in a thread. If you’ve been following me this year on twitter, you know that the county board of supervisors

Antonio Arellano

AntonioArellano

Sunday thread on wildfires, farmworkers and groups to support as the climate crisis rages on. We’ve all seen the orange skies, but did you know that farmworkers are still picking

United Farm Workers

UFWupdates

Thread: Ever think about the logistics of the food on your plate and the human costs of our food supply? #WeFeedYou When it rains, workers either wait (unpaid) for the

Coalition of Immokalee Workers

ciw

1/ In this next chapter of the pandemic, we must ensure that farmworker communities — arguably among the most essential and most vulnerable worker communities — get early access to

Naomi Starkman

NaomiStarkman

Unique in the food media world, @CivilEats has long reported on food justice. This year, we increased our reporting, and focused on how the pandemic has impacted communities of color.

Baskut Tuncak

baskut_t

1/ A phenomenal report with appalling figures, especially for the UK #DoubleStandards https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2020/09/10/banned-pesticides-eu-export-poor-countries/ 2/ It should be noted that exports of these "banned" pes

Sergio Gonzalez

smgonzalez27

Fascinating invocation of the term 'hospitality' by Green Bay's @MayorGenrich in anticipation of #POTUS's Wisconsin trip. As my research shows, political leaders have often cited the state's history of welcoming

Katie Baker

katiejmbaker

We tracked a 4th of July BBQ from farm to plate and found a system that exposed thousands to the coronavirus. According to our analysis, around 1,000 workers would have

Vala Afshar

ValaAfshar

People work very hard to put food on our tables The next time you enjoy radishes in your salad, remember the farmworkers who harvest the food that we eat. The

#CANTPAYWONTPAY

community_witch

This thread comes as update & amplification to the ongoing struggle of migrant farmworkers (majority Black) in the plantation-like system of Southern Italy, run by mafia clans in collusion with

Dr Sarah Taber

SarahTaber_bww

Apropos of nothing: the dairy industry is so dependent on straight-up human trafficking, farmers have figured out the only way to avoid prosecution is constantly cry about how hard they

Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee

DLCC

There’s never been a Black woman governor in the US--except for 1 day in 1972. For 1 day, Barbara Jordan, the first Black woman to serve as president pro temp

The Intercept

theintercept

As 2020 comes to a close, we're taking a look back at some of our best reporting on the environment. The American landscape has become 48 times more toxic to

Sarah K Mock

sarah_k_mock

Is it possible to farm without exploitation? I've spent a decade working all over ag looking for the answer to that question.The world is littered with evidence that it is

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