How US Policy Has Trapped Migrant Workers in an “Open-Air Prison” in Mexico How US Policy Has Trapped Migrant Workers in an “Open-Air Prison” in Mexico Thanks to US border restrictions, thousands of migrants are stuck indefinitely in Chiapas, harvesting the fruits that Americans can’t get enough of. Read More Farmworkers Recall Mistreatment as Colorado Aims to Guarantee Medical Access Farmworkers Recall Mistreatment as Colorado Aims to Guarantee Medical Access A woman with pregnancy complications needed permission from her boss to visit a doctor. Community health volunteers were turned away from delivering food and covid information to worker housing. A farmworker had a serious allergic reaction but was afraid to seek treatment. To Nicole Civita, policy... Read More The Story Behind Your Salad: Farmworkers, Covid-19, and a Dangerous Commute The Story Behind Your Salad: Farmworkers, Covid-19, and a Dangerous Commute Each day, Mexican farmworkers endure a grueling journey to get to their jobs in US lettuce fields. This year, that journey turned potentially deadly. Read More The Workers Are Being Sacrificed”: As Cases Mounted, Meatpacker JBS Kept People on Crowded Factory Floors The Workers Are Being Sacrificed”: As Cases Mounted, Meatpacker JBS Kept People on Crowded Factory... With coronavirus outbreaks at two-thirds of the company’s beef processing plants, employees are asking, “Why didn’t they help protect us?” Read More Migrant Farmworkers Feed America — And They’re At High Risk For A Coronavirus Outbreak Migrant Farmworkers Feed America — And They’re At High Risk For A Coronavirus Outbreak Every day, throughout California’s major agricultural regions, thousands of farmworkers are still piling into dusty vans and buses to be driven to fields and orchards. There, they move through rows of lettuce and onions, strawberries and spinach, often in dense groups, to tend and harvest... Read More As Growing Season Ramps Up, “Essential” Farmworkers Are Still Largely Unprotected As Growing Season Ramps Up, “Essential” Farmworkers Are Still Largely Unprotected In Immokalee, an agricultural hub in southwest Florida known as America’s “tomato capital,” thousands of farmworkers are busy during the peak of harvest season; many of the fresh tomatoes now in grocery stores—or being delivered to doorsteps—have passed through their hands. But despite a growing outcry... Read More
