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News Coverage
- 04/24/2020 The Spokesman-Review: Tests of workers at Central Washington orchard finds dozens of COVID-19 cases without symptoms
- 04/23/2020 CNN: Trouble in farm country because of Covid-19
- 04/22/2020 Civil Eats: Change to Federal Rule Could Expose More Farmworkers to Pesticides
- 04/21/2020 NBC Bay Area: Immigration Advocates Slam President’s Plan to Suspend Immigration to the U.S.
- 04/20/2020 PBS NewsHour: How the COVID-19 pandemic is sending American agriculture into chaos
- 04/20/2020 Yakima Herald: Yakima Health District reports 70 COVID cases in agriculture industry
- 04/19/2020 The Seatle Times: As coronavirus cases in Yakima Valley agriculture spike, advocates for growers and workers react differently to new state guidelines
- 04/18/2020 Mother Jones: As Growing Season Ramps Up, “Essential” Farmworkers Are Still Largely Unprotected
- 04/17/2020 MSN.com: Farm worker unions sue Washington state for safer work conditions due to coronavirus
- 04/17/2020 Eater Seatle: Farmworkers Unions Sue Washington State Over Lack of Adequate COVID-19 Protections
- 04/16/2020 CBS San Francisco: Coronavirus Update: California To Provide Supplemental Paid Sick Leave For Food Sector Workers
- 04/16/2020 Bloomberg Law: California Governor Orders Virus Leave for Grocery, Farm Workers
- 04/16/2020 SFBayCa.com: Governor signs executive order granting sick leave for farming, food delivery workers
- 04/16/2020 Tri-City Herald: Farm worker unions sue Washington state for safer work conditions due to coronavirus
- 04/16/2020 Napa Valley Register: Amid a pandemic, business as usual puts Napa Valley’s farmworkers at risk
- 04/16/2020 Bloomberg: Farm Unions Blast Washington State in Worker Safety Suit
- 04/15/2020 CBS News: Latino lawmakers call for farmworkers to be shielded from deportation during pandemic
- 04/15/2020 Congressional Hispanic Caucus Members Call on Congressional Leadership to Help Protect Farmworkers During COVID-19 Crisis
- 04/14/2020 CapRadio: Farms And Workers Trying To Avoid COVID-19 In The Fields And The Orchards
- 04/13/2020 CBS News: “We are in trouble”: Undocumented farmworkers help feed America but aren’t eligible for aid amid coronavirus
- 04/12/2020 Yakima Herald: Farm work carries on amid pandemic, but at least one worker says, ‘We’re scared’
- 04/12/2020 HuffPost: White House’s Answer To Helping Farmers Is Cutting Farmworkers’ Pay: Report
- 04/10/2020 Texas Public Radio: Fronteras: Farm Workers ‘American Heroes’ During Outbreak; Detainee Who Feared COVID Released
- 04/10/2020 Ventura County Star: Coronavirus: What’s being done to support Ventura County’s farmworkers during the outbreak
- 04/10/2020 Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Sonoma County farmers forced to adjust to remain viable during the coronavirus pandemic