Video Stories
Facing the Sun
Planting Seeds, Growing Justice
Pesticide Lake
Every day, farmworkers across the county are exposed to a toxic brew of chemicals. One of the communities that has been impacted is Lake Apopka, Florida.
Naranjeros
Harvard Law Documentary Studio: In a climate where H-2A and undocumented workers toil under the persistent threat of injury, deportation, and extreme poverty, few are willing to speak out. NARANJEROS peels away layers of complexity to reveal farmworkers’ narratives of migration and survival.
Apopka Farmworker Association Celebrates 30 years
The Effects of Heat Stress on Farmworkers
Asa Aarons’ Poverty in America Series: Lake Apopka
Reporter Asa Aarons travels to Lake Apopka, FL as part of a continuing series of reports on poverty in America for HDNews, part of the VOOM HD Networks.
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Sowing the Seeds of Justice
Out of the Muck
Geraldean Matthew helps to lift her fellow former Apopka Farmworkers, who are ill and impoverished.
Food Sovereignty
Farm Together Now teamed up with the National Family Farm Coalition to make a video about Via Campesina’s seven principles of food sovereignty.
Labor of Love Historical Apopka Mural
This mural was made to commemorate the farmworkers who have shaped the Apopka community. The video is a display of pictures from the mural-making process where community members united to bring this project to light.
Green Going Forward: The Lake Apopka Environmental Justice Community
The idea of sustainability stands on three legs: the economy, the environment and social equity for the community. The Lake Apopka farmworker community is an example of an environmental justice community left behind in the policy and planning. It is not sustainable to address only the economy or only the environment. The Marsh Flow-Way Project and Lake Apopka Restoration Act were implemented to address the ecological issues such as the health of the lake but ignored the health and concerns of the people. Collaborations between community organizations like the Farmworkers Association of Florida and educational institutions like Florida A&M University College of Law are invaluable and can boost the strength and effectiveness of equity with regards to sustainability.
StoryMap: Effects of Farm-Related Risks and Exposures
Elvira: A Farmworker
Yolanda
Estella
Estella is one of the thousands of women who are working at the fields of Central Florida to provide food to our tables.
Faces of Florida DREAMers: Ivan’s Story
Ivan, from the Farmworker Association of Florida, shares his story of how DACA impacts his life.
Toxic Tour of Lake Apopka
The human toll of our commodified and industrialized food system is not far away and hidden. It is right down the road from us. Just outside of Orlando, in Apopka, FL, Jeannie Economos leads the local branch of the Farmworker Association of Florida, working tirelessly every day to bring awareness and justice to the people who are putting their lives on the line to feed us and our communities.