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Tag Archives: living wage
Honoring Cesar Chavez
In 1968-69, I remember first hearing about the United Farm Workers (UFW) and Cesar Chavez. Many of my friends were getting ready to participate in the grape boycott and, after hearing about the plight of California’s farmworkers, I had to … Continue reading
It’s Not Just the Farmers vs. the Consumers
Recently, I read an article about fairness in our food system, and whether defending the farmer or the eater meant betrayal to either one. Not until the end of the article do “others” enter the equation. Farmworkers are frequently an … Continue reading
Danger in the Fields: Children Exposed to Hazards
There are many dangers for children working in agricultural fields. AFOP estimates there are as many as 500,000 children working in agriculture, risking their health and often times their future. Children of migrant and seasonal farmworkers, relentlessly toiling in large … Continue reading
Posted in Children in the Fields Campaign, Health & Safety Programs
Tagged agriculture injuries, Child Labor, environmental health, Farmworker, living wage, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, National Safety Council, pesticides, poverty, tobacco, U.S. Department of Labor, Valentina Stackl
Celebrating an All-Inclusive Food Day
Today, October 24th, people from all walks of life are coming together to celebrate the first annual Food Day. Across the country, activists, educators, students, chefs, local officials, and concerned eaters will be hosting and participating in community-building and awareness-raising … Continue reading
In Commemoration of Hispanic Heritage Month: César’s Last Fast
“I remember poor wages and the lack of food… living in the car under a bridge is not that bad because you’re a kid, but the humiliation, that’s what you remember.” A quote from César’s Last Fast as César Chávez … Continue reading
Advocacy & Policy: Requirements for Food Justice
Over the past couple of years, the term “food justice” has become more and more commonplace in conversations about food. It is often used in reference to a lack of access to healthy food in low- and moderate-income communities. As … Continue reading
Farmworkers Exploited at Both Ends of the Production Line
One of the greatest injustices of our current, industrial food system is that it exploits farmworkers and their families at both ends of the production line—first as workers and then again as consumers. As workers, they perform back-breaking labor in … Continue reading
Forty Years of Hope
Just over a week ago, we celebrated the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs’ 40th Anniversary. We did so in the middle of our annual national conference in Arlington, Virginia. Both events were attended by over 360 people, all committed to … Continue reading
The Missing Piece
This past Sunday, 60 Minutes focused much needed attention on the issue of child labor in U.S. agriculture. The piece, which may have seemed balanced to the average viewer, failed to convey the dangers child farmworkers are exposed to, including … Continue reading
Posted in AFOP, Children in the Fields Campaign, Health & Safety Programs, Year of the Farmworker Child
Tagged 60 Minutes, agriculture injuries, American Farms, Ayrianne Parks, Byron Pitts, Child Labor, child labor coalition, Children in the Fields Campaign, economy, Fair Labor Standards Act, living wage, Norma Flores Lopez, poverty, Reid Maki, The debate on child labor, U.S. Department of Labor
Fair Trade: A Social Responsibility
Although May 14, 2011 marked World Fair Trade Day, the awareness campaign continues. Individuals and companies alike are getting creative in their quest to support the fair and sustainable treatment of food producers through activities, including Fair Trade coffee breaks … Continue reading
Posted in Children in the Fields Campaign, Year of the Farmworker Child
Tagged Child Labor, Children in the Fields Campaign, Education, Fair Labor Standards Act, Fair Trade, ILO 182, International Labour Organization, living wage, Millennium Development Goal, poverty, Vashti Kelly, World Fair Trade Day
