Examining Food Security in Agricultural Workers Communities
This webinar explored the causes of food insecurity among the nation’s agricultural workers and comprehensive approaches to address this problem. It featured presentations by Dr. William Kinsey, Director of Mobile Migrant Health Services at Family Health La Clinica in Wisconsin, and Lorena Marroquin, Director of Community Impact with FIND Food Bank in California, who discussed their organizations’ initiatives to address food insecurity and malnutrition in farmworker communities. The webinar highlighted relevant government policies and programs, as well as promising practices employed by health centers and community-based organizations to increase farmworkers’ access to nutritious and culturally-appropriate foods. English with Spanish subtitles. Date: June 13, 2023.
Documents
- Organizational Information
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Occupational and Environmental Health
- Climate Change
- Emergency Preparedness
- Field Sanitation
- Heat Illness
- Housing
- Pesticides
- Work Safety
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Legislation
- Legislative Proposals on Agricultural Workers - 113th Congress (2013-2014)
- Legislative Proposals on Agricultural Workers - 114th Congress (2015-2016)
- Legislative Proposals on Agricultural Workers - 115th Congress (2017-2018)
- Legislative Proposals on Agricultural Workers - 116th Congress (2019-2020)
- Legislative Proposals on Agricultural Workers - 117th Congress (2021-2022)
- Legislative Proposals on Agricultural Workers - 118th Congress (2023-2024)
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Labor
- International Labor Issues
- Labor Rights for Farmworkers - DOL Enforcement
- Labor Rights for Farmworkers - Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
- Labor Rights for Farmworkers - Joint Employer Standard
- Labor Rights for Farmworkers - Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (AWPA)
- National Agricultural Workers Survey
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Immigration
- Bracero Program (1942-1964)
- Current Guestworker Programs - H-2A
- Current Guestworker Programs - H-2B
- Immigration Enforcement
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Health
- Community Health Centers
- COVID-19
- Diabetes, Nutrition, and Food Security
- Health Insurance
- Health Policy Bulletin
- HIV/AIDS/STIs
- LGBTQIA+
- Medical-Legal Partnerships
- Sexual Harrassment/Violence
- Skin Cancer
- Workers' Compensation