More than two million men, women, and children labor in our fields, orchards, nurseries, feedlots and dairies. They are essential to our $200+ billion agricultural industry. But farm workers are often treated as commodities, like machines in the field.
The U.S. agricultural system has always depended on the oppression of predominantly foreign born peoples for cheap labor. Today, a large percent of hired farm workers are undocumented immigrants. From slavery to the abusive Bracero program launched during WW II and its vestiges today in the H-2A guestworker program, farm work is too often a story of exploitation.
With courage, grace and perseverance, farm workers are striving to turn this system around and are organizing to demand the dignity they deserve. We invite you to hear from farm workers themselves, gain a more in-depth understanding of the issues they face, meet our farm worker partners, and test how much you know.
