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Farmworkers should be at the center of food system change. Edgar Franks of @FUJWashington on @CheckoutRadio . thecheckoutradio.com/podcast/episod… @HEAL_Food @tomphilpott @_RajPatel @AnnaCanning_ @fairworldprj @foodtechconnect @chloesorvino @FairFoodProgram @center4goodfood

LISTEN to the last of our Crash #COP26 series with Jill Mangaliman & @edgarfranx to find out what went down! @LizDarrow of @FoodJusticeC2C joins the wrap up episode to discuss the local-to-global connection with frontline communities in WA & across the🌍! frontandcentered.org/crash-cop26/

The voices of young workers–living on the frontlines of both the #ClimateCrisis and an economic recession–are rarely heard in discussions about climate. We want to change that. If you are under 35, please share your experience as a young worker: bit.ly/YWLP2021

“Tulare County During the Pandemic – The Hard Price of Poverty”, published by Capital and Main just won the first place award from the San Francisco Press Club 2021 awards. Digital Media: Photography / Photo Series First Place: David Bacon capitalandmain.com/tulare-county-…

Over 50 food and labor groups are asking @POTUS, @SecVilsack, and @JudiciaryDems to create just pathways to citizenship now. CC: @AlianzaAgricola, @CATAMigrantes, @FUJWashington, @j4mw, @RMM_NY, @MigrantJustice, @WorkersCNY, @WorkerJusticeNY, @PVWC1, @DemSocialists, @Tamejavi

When China’s farms industrialized, many small farmers sought to become purveyors of wild food. As big farms took up more land, the small farmers were forced to raise or hunt animals closer to the forests where the most exotic pathogens might reside. bit.ly/3Dr5pbk

Earlier this summer, @knkxfm aired our #Seedcast episode featuring the family stories of Indigenous farmworkers from @FUJWashington. Thank you for sharing these stories! If you missed it live on air, you can listen to the segments here: bit.ly/2WeHwTF

C2C works in solidarity with @WhatcomPJC. Register for their upcoming International Day of Peace event here: whatcompjc.org/idp2021

Part 2 of series on heat wave that killed 100s in Pacific NW this summer. Some have pointed out lack of WA state heat plan. But a plan isn’t foolproof. Vancouver, BC has had one for a decade & folks were waiting 10 hours for emergency room. Nearly 600 died knkx.org/2021-08-31/thi…

The #FWMA bows to the agricultural industry! During a global pandemic, it is unacceptable to say that this is the best we can do for farmworkers. @POTUS @JudiciaryDems This is the time to give farmworkers and their families immediate amnesty #OpposeFWMA #FarmworkersDeserveBetter

Must-read from the blueberry fields of New Jersey. We believe that all people should have dignified livelihoods & that's why we're with @CATAMigrantes & the other @foodchainworker members who say #FarmworkersDeserveBetter & #OpposeFWMA

The new law includes a 3-year phase-in, which means all agricultural workers in Washington will earn overtime pay after they work 55 hours in a workweek in 2022, 48 hours in 2023, and 40 hours in 2024. #1u #overtime @lniwa @UFWupdates @FUJWashington thestand.org/2021/08/li-web…

Political Director Edgar will be representing the union on this state committee

DACA Was Always DOA: Let's End It Now - Yasmin Nair. Interesting perspective. Why fight for crumbs when we should be thinking and acting bigger? yasminnair.com/daca-was-alway…

Doing a presentation with National Center for Farmworker Health on Sept. 22

The 2021 IPCC report uses "human influence" 32 times in locating the cause of accelerating climate change. Instead, let's blame capitalism and its undemocratic way of organizing society, which gives power to the elite few who generate profits and power from the climate crisis.

"Trying to be friendly and gain political access has been a priority over organizing and demanding more. If we really want to change things, then we need to take a step back and reevaluate where the farmworker movement is right now. " @edgarfranx franknews.us/interviews/577…

Been a longtime fan of @FinnriverCider in #WashingtonState. Grateful for their solidarity with Community to Community (FoodJustice.org), @FUJWashington, Jefferson County Immigrant Rights Advocates. Read about it: finnriver.com/pera-de-campes… Support:shop.finnriver.com/product/Pera-d…

Insight on immigration, Farm Workforce Modernization Act, and organizing

Thank you for @FinnriverCider for the solidarity. Let’s support them