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Tag Archives: Worker Protection Standard
I am an AmeriCorps Member, and I Will get Things Done!
AmeriCorps members are hard at work once again, providing health and safety training to farmworkers in states throughout the country. So far this year, our 18 SAFE AmeriCorps members have trained 330 farmworkers on Worker Protection Standard (WPS) and 439 … Continue reading
SAFE AmeriCorps End of Service
Last week, 16 of AFOP’s SAFE AmeriCorps members from around the country came together to celebrate their End of Service Ceremony in Washington, D.C. The day started with an exciting professional development training conducted by Nelson Diaz, an Employment Market … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Safety Programs
Tagged Melanie Forti, pesticide, SAFE AmeriCorps, Worker Protection Standard, WPS
Getting Things Done for America’s Farmworkers
By Melanie Forti, Health & Safety Programs Program Coordinator, AFOP AFOP and the Corporation for National and Community Service are happy to announce a wonderful opportunity for 28 individuals to become SAFE (Serving America’s Farmworkers Everywhere) AmeriCorps members for the … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Safety Programs
Tagged AmeriCorps, Ben Archer Health Center, Campesinos Sin Fronteras, Central Valley Opportunity Center, Community Council of Idaho, Corporation for National and Community Service, Eastern Maine Development Corporation, Farmworker, Heat Stress, HELP New Mexico, Inc., Melanie Forti, Proteus, SAFE AmeriCorps, Telamon Corporation, Worker Protection Standard
Remember Farmworkers When Considering Organic Versus Non-Organic
Co-Authored by Valentina Stackl, Health & Safety Program Associate, AFOP It is often forgotten that every piece of fruit and vegetable found at the supermarket was painstakingly picked by a man, woman, or child. Last week, these individuals – our … Continue reading
Training in Action
Yesterday, AFOP’s Washington, D.C. staff had the opportunity to travel to Delaware’s Eastern Shore to see one of our SAFE AmeriCorps trainers in action. The farmworkers got really into it when Dina, our excellent SAFE AmeriCorps member, started enthusiastically handing … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Safety Programs
Tagged AmeriCorps, EPA, Farmworker, Heat Stress, OSHA, pesticides, Project LEAF, Proyecto Sol, Valentina Stackl, Worker Protection Standard
Danger POISON-Bilingual Labeling on Pesticides
More than one billion pounds of pesticides are used annually in the United States, three-quarters of which are used in agriculture. Because these chemicals are used in nearly all fields where crops are harvested, it places farmworkers at the greatest … Continue reading
From The Smallest Bee To The Strongest Farmworker Community: Pesticides Influence On Our Food Supply
“What is happening in our sociological world is also happening in our biological world,”—Ramona Beltran, PhD. At the forum held by Beyond Pesticides April 8 and 9 in Denver, a range of scientists and advocates met to discuss how pesticides … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Safety Programs
Tagged Amanda Jordan, American Farms, environmental health, EPA, Farmworker, Worker Protection Standard
Inspiration During a Time of Worry
Yesterday, I had the privilege of attending a celebration of the life and legacy of César Chávez at the White House. Ernie Flores, AFOP President, and Hermelinda Sapien, AFOP Executive Committee member, accompanied me to this invitation-only event at the … Continue reading
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Tagged American Farms, Cesar Chavez, Children in the Fields Campaign, Fair Labor Standards Act, Farmworker, food justice, National Farmworker Awareness Week, poverty, Secretary Salazar, Secretary Solis, Secretary Vilsack, U.S. Department of Labor, USDA, White House, Worker Protection Standard
Dangerous Exposure: Farmworker Children and Pesticides
It has been almost a year since the groundbreaking report from the President’s Panel on Cancer was released, highlighting environmental causes of cancer. Of particular interest to us was the chapter on agricultural chemicals and the attention given specifically to … Continue reading
The Health of America’s Farmworkers
One area AFOP’s Health & Safety Programs would like to bring attention to during National Farmworker Awareness Week is the issue of serious health problems faced by farmworkers in the United States. Farmworkers have a unique set of health concerns, … Continue reading
