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Topic: Farmworkers

Farmer and tractor in corn field at sunset (Getty Images/SimonSkafar)

The impact of climate change on farmers

Ayurella Horn-Muller - Grist
A farm worker walks through one of the barns at the A. Ooms & Sons Dairy Farm Thursday Nov. 2, 2017 in Valatie, NY. (John Carl D'Annibale /Albany Times Union via Getty Images)

Farmworkers at highest risk for bird flu

Marin Scotten
Row of cows being milked on a dairy farm in Utah, USA (Getty Images/AzmanL)

Farmworkers exposed to bird flu

Tony Leys, Amy Maxmen - KFF Health News
Mexican laborers cut broccoli stalks for Smith Farms' crew A as the harvest season gets underway at a Smith Farm's field near Fort Fairfield in central Aroostook County. Smith Farm's employ over 150 migrant workers to help in their harvest of both broccoli and potatos. (John Ewing/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

The fight for a fairer food system

Ryan Nebeker - FoodPrint
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Sun rises over mountains as seen from the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, California, United States on September 3, 2022. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Heat takes a toll on farmworkers

Blanca Begert - Grist
A farmworker plants strawberry rootstock in a Lompoc field in November. (David Bacon)

Farm conditions take mental health toll

Pilar Marrero - Capital & Main
A sign in the dirt of a cabbage field warns of the dangers of the pesticides used on the crops. (David Bacon)

Why being a farmworker is a health risk

David Bacon - Capital & Main
Shot of a young man holding a crate of freshly picked produce on a farm (Getty Images)

High temps put farmworkers at risk

Miranda Green, Heidi De Marco - KFF Health News
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US President Donald Trump and Supreme Court Justice John Roberts (Getty Images/Salon)

Will Court overrule farmworker unions?

David Bacon - Capital & Main
Mexican laborers cut broccoli stalks for Smith Farms' crew A as the harvest season gets underway at a Smith Farm's field near Fort Fairfield in central Aroostook County. Smith Farm's employ over 150 migrant workers to help in their harvest of both broccoli and potatos. (John Ewing/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

Fixing our country's empathy problem

Ashlie D. Stevens
Farmers being tested for COVID-19 (Coalition of Immokalee Workers)

The Florida town where 50% are infected

Seth Holmes
A Cal Fire firefighter monitors the Kincaide Fire as it burns a hillside on October 24, 2019 in Geyserville, California. Fueled by high winds, the Kincaide Fire has burned over 7,000 acres in a matter of hours and has prompted evacuations in the Geyserville area. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images))

Farmworkers face health risks in fires

Anna Maria Barry-Jester - KFF Health News
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Trump EPA sued: refusal to ban pesticide

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
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Rising temperature, worker safety needed

Anna Maria Barry-Jester - KFF Health News
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Mexico will go elsewhere for soybeans

Brad Reed - Raw Story
A study group as part of ASU’s CAMP program. () (Photo courtesy of Seline Szkupinski Quiroga)

Building success for migrant students

Nadra Nittle - Civil Eats
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Catherine Ruckelshaus
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