Love a Farmworker on Valentine’s Day!
Social Media Call to Action from the Farmworker Association of Florida Send a Valentine to EPA to Show Love for America’s Farmworkers Show some lo... Read More »
Monthly Archives: February 2015
NFWM Board visits the CIW in Immokalee, FL
NFWM Staff Nico Gumbs and Board Member Carolyn Jaramillo of the Sisters of Loretto supporting farm worker justice with a smile! The National Farm Wor... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Fair Food Program, Farm Workers, Farmworker Justice, Florida, Loretto, NFWM, NFWM Board
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2015 NFWM Winter Board Meeting
From January 29th-31st I ventured to Ft. Myers, FL for the National Farm Worker Ministry's (NFWM) Winter Board Meeting. This being my first ever board... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, NFWM
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Preparing for the Agroecology Encuentro!
On Saturday, February 7, Nico, Brian, Rachel and I traveled to Fellsmere to help out in the community gardens there. Fellsmere is a farm worker commun... Read More »
Tags: Campesinos Garden, Community Garden, Farm Workers, Farmworker Association of Florida, Fellsmere, Solidarity
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Sign EPA petition: ban pesticide that harms children
A message from the United Farm Workers (UFW): "Home use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos was banned over a decade ago because science showed it harms ... Read More »
Tags: EPA, Farm Workers, Pesticides
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Workers sickened by pesticides last August still no justice
A message from the United Farm Workers (UFW): "Workers will hand in petition to Ag Commissioner during March 6 rally 'I work picking peaches for Ger... Read More »
Tags: California, Farm Workers, Gerawan Farming, UFW, United Farm Workers
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Stand with Gerawan workers!
A message from the United Farm Workers (UFW): "Gerawan workers are excited. The Los Angeles Unified School District Board (LAUSD), who contracts to... Read More »
Tags: California, Gerawan Farming, Solidarity, UFW, United Farm Workers
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Volunteers WANTED!
For the Campesino-a-Campesino Agroecology Encuentro: Collaborative Learning Exchange for Promoters of Agroecology, Traditional Wisdom, and Resp... Read More »
Tags: Farmworker Association of Florida, Fellsmere, Florida, FWAF, Homestead
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