Take Action: Workers and the Food System
Ready to get in on the action? Read about ways to advocate for justice for farmworkers and food system employees.
Links & Resources: Workers and the Food System
With these reports, books, statistics and multimedia on labor in the food system, learn more about the challenges facing food workers.
Children in the Fields
Find out more about child farmworkers in the United States, and get answers to common questions about child labor laws and the rights of children of undocumented migrant farmworkers.
Workers’ Rights Leader Dolores Huerta on Immigration
Dolores Huerta, co-founder and leader of the United Farm Workers of America with Cesar Chavez, fights for a living wage and good working conditions for migrant farmworkers.
Introduction: Workers and the Food System
Almost one-sixth of the U.S. workforce works in the food system. Find out more about the hands that feed us.
Farmworkers’ Rights
One-quarter of all farmworkers have family incomes below the federal poverty line. Learn about the working conditions of farmworkers in the United States and how to get involved in advocating for justice.
Organizations: Workers and the Food System
Connect with farmworker coalitions, labor unions, federal services for migrant workers and pro bono legal & immigration services.
WhyHunger At Made In America Festival
By Hillary Zuckerberg, Director of WhyHunger’s Artists Against Hunger & Poverty. Beatriz Beckford, Manager of…
