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Farm workers suddenly lose $1.5 billion in Covid-19 safety funding

01.14.2021
Kate Cimini
Farm workers still don’t get paid for overtime in most places: “This is the very definition of structural racism”
01.14.2021
by H. Claire Brown
Farmers still face barriers in their quest to becoming certified organic, including making it through an onerous 3-year window when costs are higher
01.04.2021
by Alexandra Jones
Why few farm workers isolate in California’s free Covid-19 hotel rooms
12.30.2020
by Jackie Botts + Kate Cimini + Georgia Gee
Would you let someone grow produce in your yard, for food justice or for profit?
12.17.2020
by Colleen Hagerty
70 percent of farm labor investigations end in violations
12.16.2020
by Sam Bloch
Peanut farmers advance in price-fixing lawsuit against Big Shell
12.14.2020
by Sam Bloch
Biden’s choice to lead USDA is sparking a broad backlash. Here’s why.
12.10.2020
by The Counter
“This brings tears to my eyes”: A civil rights leader reacts to Vilsack nomination with grief and fury
12.10.2020
by Lawrence Lucas + Joe Fassler
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