News and Events

11/27/2017 Associated Press: California farmworker union wins battle to ensure contracts
11/23/2017 Beyond Pesticides: At Thanksgiving Dinner, Giving Thanks to Those Who Provide
11/23/2017 New York Daily News: Farm workers forgotten: Thanksgiving is the day to remember New York’s harvest of shame
11/22/2017 Forward: This Thanksgiving, Remember The Women Who Harvest Your Food
11/21/2017 ‘Our Hands to Your Table’ UFW social media drive reminds Americans who brings food to their holiday tables
11/19/2017 Snopes: Did President Donald Trump Reverse an Insecticide Ban After Receiving $1 Million from Dow Chemicals?
11/19/2017 Agri Pulse: No sign yet of agreement on moving Senate PRIA bill
11/17/2017 Blog.Neogen.com: Teen creates app to prevent heat deaths on farms
11/15/2017 New York Times: In Reversal, Immigration Agency Will Consider Delayed DACA Requests
11/14/2017 Paying tribute to Pudge Hartmire, who helped create the farm worker movement
11/12/2017 The Daily Herald (WA): Sexual harassment of farm workers rarely makes headlines
11/12/2017 Buzzfeed: At Least 20 Female Immigrants Fainted Or Vomited Because Of A Chemical Used At An Immigrant Detention Center
11/11/2017 Los Angeles Times: Women in immigration custody are sickened by chemical fumes
11/10/2017 Time: 700,000 Female Farmworkers Say They Stand With Hollywood Actors Against Sexual Assault
11/09/2017 Salinas Californian: New regulations restrict pesticides use near schools, day care facilities
11/09/2017 MassLive.com: We rely on farmworkers to grow our food. They should not live in fear of deportation.
11/08/2017 Nationwide participatory art project uplifting Dreamers comes to Bakersfield to underscore urgency of passing a clean Dream Act
11/07/2017 KCBX (CA): New rules for agricultural pesticide use near schools
11/02/2017 Mother Jones: The GOP Wants To Bring in More Migrant Guest Workers—But For Much Lower Pay
11/01/2017 Idaho Statesman: They broke labor rules. We gave them $8M in farm subsidies and 8,000 foreign workers
10/31/2017 Huffington Post: Scott Pruitt Just Cleared The Way For Industry Control Of EPA’s Science Advisory Boards
10/28/2017 New York Times: Trump’s Legacy: Damaged Brains — This is what a common pesticide does to a child’s brain.
10/26/2017 NPR: Monsanto Attacks Scientists After Studies Show Trouble For Weedkiller Dicamba
10/26/2017 Time Magazine: Scott Pruitt’s Mission to Remake the EPA
10/25/2017 The Intercept: Senate Environment Committee Approves Toxic EPA Nominee in Party-Line