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- 05/04/2020 Greensboro News & Record: Advocates for migrant farm workers urge state and federal agencies to protect workers from COVID-19
- 05/03/2020 Colorado Public Radio: ‘We’re Not Heroes; We’re Sacrificial.’ Workers Carry The Burden Of Colorado’s Food Supply Chain
- 05/01/2020 Grist: Study: Rising temperatures will double the risk to farmworkers in the coming decades
- 05/01/2020 Angelus News: Concerns mount over lack of COVID-19 protections for California farmworkers
- 05/01/2020 Capital Press: Judge stays on sideline, for now, on Washington farmworker rules
- 04/30/2020 The New York Times: Why the People Harvesting Californians’ Food Can’t Afford It
- 04/30/2020 KPFA – 94.1FM: UFW President Teresa Romero on Farmworkers and COVID19
- 04/30/2020 The Fence Post: Advocates: There’s still time to save farmworkers from COVID-19
- 04/29/2020 KERO 23ABC News: UFW helps deliver 4,000 meals to farm worker families in Delano
- 04/29/2020 Idaho Statesman: Idaho farmworkers need masks for coronavirus safety, advocates say.
- 04/29/2020 Consortium News: COVID-19: Global Mask Shortage May Leave Farmers & Farm Workers Exposed to Toxic Pesticides
- 04/29/2020 The National Interest: How the Global Mask Shortage Puts the Lives of Farmworkers at Risk
- 04/29/2020 KERO 23ABC News: World Central Kitchen, farm worker movement to distribute meals for farm worker families
- 04/29/2020 Bloomberg: Front-Line Food Workers Agonize: Risk Illness on Job or Go Broke
- 04/29/2020 National Geographic: ‘I can be the person helping.’ On the frontlines with America’s essential workers
- 04/29/2020 Council on Foreign Relations: Coronavirus and Farmworkers: Is the Food Supply at Risk?
- 04/29/2020 KGET 17: UFW Foundation distributing 4,000 meals today to farm workers in Delano struggling due to COVID-19
- 04/28/2020 Angelus: Protect vital migrant and farm workers during coronavirus, bishops say
- 04/27/2020 The Independent: Farmworker from El Salvador explains why he risked coronavirus infection to grow America’s food
- 04/27/2020 Idaho State Journal: Farmworkers test positive for COVID-19 at Washington orchard
- 04/27/2020 Newsweek: National Latino, Immigration Groups Say Trump Left Latinos Out of Coronavirus Aid, Ask Congress For More Help
- 04/26/2020 The Nation: Without Farmworkers You Wouldn’t Eat
- 04/26/2020 LA Progressive: If Farmworkers Are “Essential,” Why Are They Treated So Badly?
- 04/26/2020 Green Queen: The World Must Protect Vulnerable Food & Farm Workers Amidst Covid-19
- 04/25/2020 The Week: Farmworkers are essential. Why don’t their rights reflect that?