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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 ...

American dream and promise act

Support the FWAF fight for immigration reform

Immigration laws have a huge impact on the lives of our members. Right now, three major immigration reforms are the focus of the Farmworkers Association ...

Civic Engagement

Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter! The Farmworker Association of Florida was founded by African American, Haitian, and Hispanic farmworkers in 1983. We have seen how our African American family ...

Worker Justice

Immigrant Rights

The FWAF Fight for Immigration Reform Immigration laws have a huge impact on the lives of our members. Right now, three major immigration reforms are ...

Agroecology

Documentary: The fields of Immokalee

A 30 minute film by Samuel George Follow the daily lives of tomato workers, many of whom are undocumented, from the 5:00am trips to the ...

Agroecology

Research as Instrument for Social and Environmental Justice

The Farmworker Association of Florida (FWAF) has pioneered Community-based Participatory Research practices to create change. The research offers policymakers science-based policies and our members science-based ...

COVID-19

Essential but Ineligible – Gainesville Sun

Robin Lewy, Antonio Tovar, and Samuel Trickey articulate the struggles and the need for government support to the farmworkers on a quest to get COVID ...

Agroecology

Girasole Documentary

Researchers at Emory University partnered with the Farmworker Association of Florida to conduct collaborative research on heat related illness. This documentary, Facing the Sun, documents ...

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 ...