This #FarmworkerAwarenessWeek, we’re highlighting the crucial work of organizations that support and empower farmworkers ⬇️
This week is #FarmworkerAwarenessWeek 🧑🌾 Farmworkers face many struggles, from low wages to dangerous conditions. Many are also undocumented immigrants, making it difficult to report any abuses.
Learn more about the past, present and future of U.S. farmworkers:
#Farmworkers are the backbone of our agricultural economy, & Beyond Pesticides believes that adopting #organic land & agricultural practices is how we can protect essential workers who help produce the nation’s #food! #AgriculturalJustice #FarmworkerAwarenessWeek #ThankAFarmer ℹ️ ow.ly/q8WN50VrTc7
A person looking out at field of wheat.
For #FarmworkerAwarenessWeek, we're recognizing the effort of those who keep food on the table. It's hard work, & that’s why #WSU Skagit County Extension offers free mental health resources for those workers who’d like to enrich their health or well-being.
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I am trying to hope, planning a spring festival for my agricultural community. And yet I also feel this is a betrayal, unserious, denying the very grave threats facing my friends & neighbors who are immigrant farm workers. How do you distinguish between hope & denial?
#FarmworkerAwarenessWeek
Read Michelle Castleberry's contribution to the #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋 #FarmworkerAwarenessWeek 🧑🏽🌾
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Read Amanda Mei Kim's contribution to the #FarmworkerPortfolio 🦋 #FarmworkerAwarenessWeek 🧑🏾🌾
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