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Health and Environmental Justice

Risk Factors for elevated heat strain

As global temperatures rise, increasing numbers of individuals will work in hot environments. Interventions to protect their health are critical, as are reliable methods to ...

Agroecology

FWAF and COVID-19

COVID-19 Response One of the Farmworker Association of Florida (FWAF) in 2021 priorities continues to be to inform and support the communities we serve with ...

biomonitoring

Heat stress research focuses on farmworkers, athletes and military

A Emory University research project with Florida farmworkers was part of an innovative multi disciplinary convention on heat stress. Researchers on heat stress in agriculture ...

biomonitoring

Florida heat stress researchers of farmworkers, athletes and military compare notes

An Emory University research project with Florida farmworkers is part of an innovative multi-disciplinary approach to heat stress in Florida. Researchers on heat stress in ...

Agroecology

Agroecology – Creating Community through food production

Health and Environmental Justice

Farmworker Life in the Wake of Citrus Decline

In its heyday, a spectrum of various colors of oranges and yellows from citrus fruit served as a vibrant badge of Indian River County. Early ...