The Farmworker Project

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[United Farm Workers @UFWupdates]

This CA celery harvest crew is all covered up. We wear long sleeves even when it’s hot.

Celery juice is considered “phytotoxic” since the juice is caustic when combined with skin and sunlight. Tip: don’t google “celery blisters” if you’re squeamish.

[The Farmworker Project @TheFarmworker]

This is a potentially dangerous precedent for unions to organize with the state. Robert Kennedy made a media trip to visit Chavez during his hunger strike at the peak of UFW power and it was the beginning of the end of radical organizing.
@AmazonUnion

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Congratulations to President Biden for having the courage to do what no president in modern history has done. He is standing with union organizers who are helping to grow the trade union movement. This is an important step forward for working families. Let's go forward together.

[The Farmworker Project @TheFarmworker]

A reminder of what Unions organizing with the state can look like @AmazonUnion

[The Farmworker Project @TheFarmworker]

Farmworkers and agricultural workers have some of the highest rates of musculoskeletal issues such as osteoarthritis, chronic back and neck pain. They are also less likely to report these injuries as the agricultural industry is plagued by issues of unpaid workers comp

[The Farmworker Project @TheFarmworker]

The plant family Brassicaceae , to which broccoli belongs, is known as the "mustard family" or "cabbage family." . These include cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, collards, and kale Chinese kale, rutabaga), seakale, turnip, radish and kohl rabi

[The Farmworker Project @TheFarmworker]

@SenSanders @soulfirefarm @farmdrop @So_Delicious @TillamookDairy

[The Farmworker Project @TheFarmworker]

Tag @benandjerrys and encourage them to pick up the contracts that @Danone bailed on that will destroy the livelihoods of 89 small and medium sized farms in the northeast

[The Farmworker Project @TheFarmworker]

@evacide Hi! Hoping for some direction on some cybersecurity help for a website serving a largely undocumented farmworker workforce. Would be so appreciative of any direction.

[#renewable2020 ✍️ @robmonk]

@CJAOurPower @SauloMAraujo @GrassrootsIntl @MST_USFriends @TheFarmworker @unr_now @CSM4CFS @CLOC_LVC @friendsatc @alexalbadree https://t.co/iO2DJ598tq

The indigenous and small scale agriculture organizations responsible for 70% of the world’s food using less than 50% of the food-producing land resources, and producing less waste and pollution vs Corp, have joined academic scientists to call for boycott.

[Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) 🌻 @CJAOurPower]

#UNFSS2021 is promoting false solutions to the food & climate crises. We fight for climate justice, health justice, racial justice, human rights, decent work, land rights, #FoodSovereigntyNOW & #FoodSystems4People!

#FoodSystems4All #UNFSS2021
Art by Alex Albadree

[The Farmworker Project @TheFarmworker]

@SenSanders @EvaLongoria @IFAD @FoodJusticeCert @cagjseattle @EllenPompeo

[The Farmworker Project @TheFarmworker]

30% of Farmworker Families live below the poverty line. California produces 80% of the almond crop worldwide, and 70% is exported. CA Ag uses 80% of our water and makes up 2% of its total economy. Why does economic prosperity in Agriculture not mean prosperity for the worker?

[The Farmworker Project @TheFarmworker]

https://t.co/Mz4KcMkbJg

[The Farmworker Project @TheFarmworker]

@anna_m_a_ Hi Anna, We are wondering if we can share quotes from your write up on the Farmworker Modernization Act with our followers on instagram(with credit of course). Let us know! We appreciate your work.

[The Farmworker Project @TheFarmworker]

@ericwareheim

[The Farmworker Project @TheFarmworker]

Happy Chinese Lunar New Year. Sonoma wine country was built by Chinese laborers but their history was erased. Check out the full story with this link to our Instagram and an infographic we made from a PRI story. https://t.co/iFyUWZm05f

[The Farmworker Project @TheFarmworker]

@asianhistory @IHR_FoodHist @FoodNetwork @bonappetit @foodandwine @abrowntable @TestKitchen @davidchang @davidchoe

[The Farmworker Project @TheFarmworker]

A whopping 40% of total farm income comes by way of Government Payments. In 2020, $67 million in bailout money went to JBS, a Brazilian company which has been accused of more deforestation in the Amazon than any other agricultural firm on earth.

[The Farmworker Project @TheFarmworker]

Farmworkers are exempt from overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Only two states out of 50 states, California and New York, have mandatory overtime payment for Farmworkers.