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Tag: farmworker health

Two farmworkers sit at the end of strawberry field rows for their lunch break in Watsonville. Photo by David Rodriguez, The Salinas Californian

Farmworkers lose out on $1.5B COVID-19 safety funding after USDA springs surprise spending

by Kate Cimini January 13, 2021January 13, 2021

Farmworkers lost out on up to $1.5 billion in grants and loans for COVID-19 safety needs after the USDA committed funds earmarked as such for a food box program.  The USDA announced on Jan. 4 that it planned to spend $1.5 billion in a fifth round of the Farmers to Families Food Box Program. It has yet […]

Grapes are harvested from a vineyard as smoke from a massive wildfire fills the air near Oakville, on Oct. 13, 2017. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo

New bill pushes California to stock, distribute masks to farmworkers during wildfires

by Kate Cimini December 9, 2020December 9, 2020
Health care workers wait to offer COVID-19 testing at Cristo Rey Church Friday afternoon, Nov. 20, 2020 in Malaga, south of Fresno. Photo by Eric Zamora, The Fresno Bee

Deep distrust: Why few farmworkers show up for COVID-19 testing

by Manuela Tobias November 25, 2020November 30, 2020
A farmworker holds a box of strawberries with his left hand and a one wheel cart with his right as he walks to get another empty box in Watsonville, on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Photo by David Rodriguez, The Salinas Californian

Do California ag counties hold solutions to Monterey County farmworker housing crisis?

by Kate Cimini November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

Newsom signs COVID-19 protections for agricultural workers

by Kate Cimini October 1, 2020October 7, 2020

California farmworkers say they didn’t get masks during wildfires

by Manuela Tobias September 13, 2020September 28, 2020
A sign encouraging vineyard workers to practice social distancing is posted among the grapevines on May 6, 2020 in Oakville. Napa County does not collect data on workplace coronavirus outbreaks. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for

Why won’t counties report workplace COVID outbreaks to the public?

Jackie Botts by Jackie Botts, Laurence Du Sault and Manuela Tobias August 28, 2020September 3, 2020
Farmworkers go through fields along Pine Canyon Road as the hillsides behind them burn steadily through the afternoon on Aug. 19, 2020. Photo by Ayrton Ostly/The Californian

Smoke, ash from River Fire raises questions about produce, farmworker safety

by Kate Cimini August 27, 2020September 28, 2020

Investigation: COVID rips through motel rooms of guest workers who pick nation’s produce

Jackie Botts by Jackie Botts and Kate Cimini August 17, 2020September 4, 2020
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We have to get serious about protecting California farmworkers during COVID-19

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