Minority Farmers/Farmworkers Exchange Project.  Each spring/summer, FWAF partners with minority African-American small farmers in Arkansas to recruit primarily Latino farmworkers to harvest their crops during the season.  Through this mutually beneficial project, the workers are paid fair wages through a negotiated contract, assured duration of employment, and guaranteed secure housing.  In exchange, the limited-resource farmers gain a stable, reliable workforce which enables them to more effectively compete with corporate farms and retain their small farm operations. 

Latino Small Farmers Project.  Often, Latino small farmers are unaware of assistance programs that they are eligible for to improve, maintain, and secure their farm operations.  The Farmworker Association works with Latino small farmers in the Pierson and Homestead areas to provide education about the agriculture census; federal assistance programs for crop insurance, disaster assistance, record keeping, and other assistance available to them; farm ownership and market options; and developing their own organization. 

Citrus Worker Globalization Project.  FWAF has worked with the Global-Local Links Project to research the potential impacts of citrus industry changes on farmworker wages and job security, and has built good working relationships with citrus workers and the citrus worker union in Brazil.  The project specifically addresses the effects of globalization and mechanization of the citrus industry, and how these developments will perpetuate changes at the worker level.  The project activities focus on research; community organizing; and providing community education about the effects of free trade policies on agriculture and farmworkers – specifically the push toward mechanization of citrus harvesting; Florida’s citrus industry’s role in free trade/globalization and connections to Brazil; and the impact of mechanization and globalization on farmworkers’ wages and job security.    

Workplace Organizing Projects.  The purpose of this project is to foster an environment of respect, justice, fair treatment, and equal opportunity for farmworkers in their workplaces.  FWAF focuses on organizing farmworkers to address injustices in the workplace; working for improvements in wages, benefits, and working conditions for farmworkers through negotiations with growers; providing testimony to appropriate legislative committees and regulatory agencies; monitoring companies for compliance with labor laws; developing farmworker leaders; advocating salary increases and resolving wage disputes; networking with farmworker and other organizations; and educating the public about the realities facing farmworkers.