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Corona Virus News
- 03/24/2020 VC Star: Coronavirus: Work continues for county’s 36,000 farmworkers, who are considered essential
- 03/23/2020 Idaho Press: Farmworkers can’t work from home. What does the coronavirus outbreak mean for Idaho’s agriculture industry?
- 03/23/2020 LatinLive: Unsung Heroes: Mexican Laborers Still Working Hard In The Fields, Providing Our Food
- 03/23/2020 KQED: California Prisons Are a ‘Tinderbox of Potential Infection,’ Former CDCR Secretary Warns
- 03/22/2020 Tehachapi News: Exemption allows farmwork despite lockdown
- 03/22/2020 Latin Post: New Heroes: Mexican Farmers Work Hard To Supply Food Amid COVID-19
- 03/21/2020 The Sacramento Bee: Immigrant farmworkers feed us despite the coronavirus pandemic. They deserve better
- 03/21/2020 Monterey Herald: COVID-19 exposure: Monterey County issues recommendations for farmworkers
- 03/20/2020 Univision 21: Subió el valor del agua a $16 y lo multaron con 10 mil dólares por manipulación ilegal de precios
- 03/20/2020 Sacramento Bee: Farmworkers pick our food. Shouldn’t we care about their health and coronavirus exposure?
- 03/19/2020 UFW Facebook Live: California ordena que mayoría de personas se queden en casa con ciertas excepciones
- 03/19/2020 BuzzFeed News: All Californians, Nearly 40 Million People, Have Been Ordered To Stay Home To Stop The Spread Of The Coronavirus
- 03/19/2020 ca.gov: California Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response
- 03/19/2020 Univision: Gobernador de California anuncia toque de queda para los 40 millones de residentes del estado
- 03/19/2020 Reuters: U.S. seeks option to allow Mexico guest workers on farms as visas slowed
- 03/19/2020 The Hill: DHS issues guidelines defining critical jobs during the coronavirus crisis
- 03/19/2020 NPR: COVID-19 Threatens Food Supply Chain As Farms Worry About Workers Falling Ill
- 03/19/2020 Politico: Coronavirus stress-tests the food supply network
- 03/19/2020 Capital Press: H-2A cutoff averted as virus adds to labor worries
- 03/19/2020 The Californian- Salinas:Ag workers exempted from COVID-19 shelter in place mandate, advocates fear for health
- 03/19/2020 Monterey Herald & Mercury News: COVID-19: Agriculture exempt from shelter in place
- 03/19/2020 Los Angeles Times: Will coronavirus affect food supply? First problem: A possible shortage of workers
- 03/19/2020 Fresno Bee: Agriculture and coronavirus: No major disruption in San Joaquin Valley as of yet
- 03/19/2020 NBCNews: U.S. restricts visas for farmworkers, raising concerns about food supply
- 03/18/2020 Maine Public: COVID-19 Threatens Food Supply Chain As Farms Worry About Workers Falling Ill