by admin | May 2, 2019 | NEWS
We quickly learned the Lake Apopka women did not see their work as a job without prestige or power, or as essentially undesirable work. Instead, we heard raucous stories about the ways they earned status within their community from their work. Read the full...
by admin | Mar 11, 2019 | EVENTS
by admin | Mar 8, 2019 | NEWS
by admin | Feb 28, 2019 | NEWS
Take action to support UFW’s new farmworker immigration bill just introduced in Congress It’s critical that we get real immigration reform for our nation’s farm workers. Our nation’s economy and food supply relies on these hard working people —...
by admin | Oct 31, 2018 | NEWS
New York – October 26, 2018: The “UN Declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas” was presented in the UN headquarters to the Third Committee of the General Assembly on 25th October. This comes on the back of a nearly two decade long...
by admin | Oct 16, 2018 | NEWS
After 35 years of dedicated service and commitment to the rights and dignity of farmworkers and to communities of farmworkers and immigrants in Florida and around the country, Farmworker Association of Florida co-founder and General Coordinator, Tirso Moreno, is...
by admin | Sep 25, 2018 | NEWS
On September 24 the Trump Administration issued its proposal to expand the definition of “public charge” for immigrants, such that it would in effect penalize those who receive SNAP, Medicaid and housing assistance during their process of meeting permanent residence...
by admin | Sep 12, 2018 | NEWS
Climate, Jobs and Justice – Gathering in San Francisco With a call to Rise for Climate Justice!, the Farmworker Association of Florida is participating in one of the largest climate mobilizations on the West Coast, bringing together many organizations and thousands of...
by admin | Aug 31, 2018 | NEWS
The beautiful and magnificently, artistically painted bus rolled into our Apopka parking lot on Sunday, August 26th on a sunny Florida summer day. Inside the bus was a team of experts, advocates and reporters from Climate Nexus, Nexus Media and Think Progress on the...
by admin | Aug 12, 2018 | NEWS
EPA ordered to ban chlorpyrifos within 60 days SEATTLE, WA — EPA must ban a widely used organophosphate pesticide linked to brain damage in children, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today. The appellate court ordered EPA to finalize its proposed ban on...
by admin | Jul 23, 2018 | EVENTS
The Agricultural Justice Project and the Farmworker Association of Florida are co-hosting a food justice discussion group July 27th in Gainesville This discussion group will create space for intentional, collaborative dialogue that unpacks and explores food justice...
by admin | Jul 13, 2018 | NEWS
Ivan Vazquez, Apopka Campesinos’ Garden coordinator for the Farmworker Association of Florida and a DACA recipient, talks about how both have changed his life in deep and meaningful ways. Ivan is a valued and beloved Farmworker Association of Florida staff member,...
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