United Farm Workers President Teresa Romero awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Corona Virus News
- 11/06/2020 Raleigh News & Observer: Essential agriculture workers demand COVID-19 protections
- 11/06/2020 The Charlotte Observer: ‘We’re not disposable’: Agricultural workers demand COVID-19 protections from state
- 11/06/2020 Florida Daily: Florida Agriculture Department Launches Additional County Farmworker COVID-19 Testing Availability
- 11/06/2020 msnNow: North Carolina Farmworker advocates push for more COVID-19 workplace protections
- 11/05/2020 Idaho Press: Health care, farmworker organizations to distribute face masks to farmworkers
- 11/05/2020 Salon: How to fix our country’s empathy problem, starting with the farmworkers who keep us fed
- 11/04/2020 The Corvallis Advocate: Oregon Farm Bureau Enraged over Brown’s Executive Order
- 10/30/2020 People’s World: Farm workers, including organizers, beat Trump twice in federal court in one day
- 10/29/2020 KSBW 8: Farmworker Caravan volunteers driving food, supplies to workers in ag areas
- 10/29/2020 The Tennessee Tribune: Accessing Healthcare During COVID-19
- 10/27/2020 Tampa Bay Times: Hit hard by coronavirus, Plant City farmworkers turn to charity for help
- 10/27/2020 Peninsula Press: Monterey County served as inspiration for Farmworker Relief Package. But lawmakers and advocates say more help is needed.
- 10/27/2020 WTVB: Food workers, rural Americans go hungry despite U.S. government farm aid
- 10/27/2020 Insider: The pandemic and wildfires have left some California farm workers with no savings as work dries up in the winter. They fear hunger and homelessness.
- 10/26/2020 Los Angeles Times: Many California farmworkers fear a winter of hunger and homelessness amid the pandemic
- 10/23/2020 NBC Los Angeles: A Much-Needed Sign of Hope and Faith Visits SoCal Field Workers
- 10/23/2020 Daily Democrat: CommuniCare administers flu shots, COVID-19 tests to farmworkers
- 10/23/2020 NBC News: With Our Lady of Guadalupe, a California priest brings hope to farmworkers amid Covid-19
- 10/23/2020 Capital Press: Oregon governor extends COVID-19 farmworker housing rules
- 10/22/2020 Angelus News: Guadalupe, St. Juan Diego images begin annual LA pilgrimage
- 10/22/2020 Brownfield Ag News: Hispanic food processing and farm workers more likely with COVID
- 10/22/2020 NBC Southern California: Image of the Virgin of Guadalupe Visits Field Workers in Moorpark
- 10/22/2020 Ventura County Star: In annual pilgrimage, sacred images make rare stop for farmworkers in Moorpark
- 10/21/2020 Desert Sun: Farmworkers in California’s Imperial Valley risk their health in order to pay the bills
- 10/21/2020 USA Today: Worked to death: Latino farmworkers have long been denied basic rights. COVID-19 showed how deadly racism could be.