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COVID-19 Update

Remote rural communities often lack access to COVID-19 vaccines and tailored information about the virus and about getting vaccinated. It is our priority to change that. Learn more about how FWAF helps farmworkers through the pandemic.

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Immigrant Rights

Right now, three major immigration reforms are the focus of the Farmworkers Association of Florida: the Farm Labor Modernization Act, the American Dream and Promise Act and the US Citizenship Act. What is the latest and how can you help our lobby?

Heat Stress

In Florida there are no legal standards to protect farmworkers from heat stress. To change that, we work with universities to gather the proof to base legislation on. We also train farmworkers on how to deal with the brutal heat. Did you know that farmworkers are not allowed to bring a water bottle to work?

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Building power with Farmworker and rural, low-Income communities throughout Florida since 1983.

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Agroecology

Agroecology refers to traditional agricultural practices carried out by our ancestors across the different continents of the globe before our food production became industrialized and extractive. It is community-based food production without chemical pesticides and fertilizers. The Farmworker Association of Florida’s Agroecology program is part of our work on food sovereignty and environmental justice.

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Worker Justice

Low income immigrant communities have many factors or barriers that contribute to them being marginalized, underserved, and under represented. FWAF works to inform immigrant farmworkers of their rights and engage them in decision making and policy setting processes that impact their lives.

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Health and Environmental Justice

Through education and community organizing, the Farmworkers Association of Florida works to improve farmworkers’ health, working conditions, and access to quality healthcare; raise awareness of the harmful effects of toxic pesticides; and influence policy related to health and safety protections for farmworkers. We provide community education and health referrals in the areas of vocational rehabilitation, pregnancy, HIV and STDs, and women’s health issues.

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Civic Engagement

FWAF organizes and builds the skills of farmworkers to address injustice in the workplace, such as wage theft, and the impacts of globalization and mechanization. In addition, the Association works with minority small farmers to access the resources necessary to maintain and improve their farm operations.

About Us

Vision and Mission

The Farmworker Association of Florida’s long-standing mission is to build power among farmworker and rural low-income communities, to respond to and gain control over the social, political, economic, workplace, health, and environmental justice issues that impact their lives. Our guiding vision is . . .

Our History

FWAF is a statewide organization with five offices in Florida. Each office was established based on work around natural disasters impacting farmworkers. Our work is community-driven, guided by local leadership, and accountable to the base. We are proud of and work to ensure that FWAF is an organization of, by, with, and for farmworkers.

Our Team

One of the Farmworker Association’s founding principles is that the organization be led by farmworkers. Our Board is elected by local membership councils, reflecting the ethnic/racial/gender diversity of the communities we represent. Organizational leadership and majority of the staff also come from the communities served.

Research

FWAF works with research partners to bring to the fore of the national conversation the health disparities farmworkers and their families suffer. Through research solutions we seek to bridge the gap between those health disparities and positive health outcomes.

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Health and Environmental Justice

Relentless heat endangers Florida farmworkers

In our state there are no legal standards to protect farmworkers from heat stress. To change that, we work with universities to gather the proof …

Research

Health and Environmental Justice

Relentless heat endangers Florida farmworkers

In our state there are no legal standards to protect farmworkers from heat stress. To change that, we work with universities to gather the proof …

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Call for Suspension

Farmworker Advocates Call For Suspension of Highly Toxic Pesticide; Advocates from across the country urge EPA to swiftly ban chlorpyrifos citing unacceptable risks to farmworkers …

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The Farmworkers Association of Florida is appreciative of all types of support – from your donations of time and funds to your actions in advocating for us and promoting understanding in the the wider community. Please follow our social media and stay up-to-date on the most pressing needs of our community.

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