Children in the Fields Campaign: Packet
Author: Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs
Date Published: 2000
This packet produced by the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs provides an outline to their Children of the Fields Campaign. This campaign focuses on improving child labor standards in agriculture among children who function as hired workers. Also included in the campaign are a youth employment and training component, providing educational stipends and alternative educational support for children. Its government focus is to improve child labor standards and conditions in this country among child migrant & seasonal farmworkers; strengthen enforcement of what protections there are for children working in the fields and spur research through the EPA and other agencies to assess the risks children encounter in the fields. Its consumer focus is to raise awareness of children working in the fields and its negative impact on their education, health and safety; mobilize consumers on this issue; seek a mechanism to help consumers in the marketplace who wish to buy fruits and vegetables harvested under decent conditions. Its industry focus seeks to raise awareness and support among leading companies, such as Kellogg, Dole, and Green Giant; and to gain grower and retailer support for a mechanism to assure consumers that fruits and vegetables are harvested under decent conditions.
Date Published: 2000
This packet produced by the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs provides an outline to their Children of the Fields Campaign. This campaign focuses on improving child labor standards in agriculture among children who function as hired workers. Also included in the campaign are a youth employment and training component, providing educational stipends and alternative educational support for children. Its government focus is to improve child labor standards and conditions in this country among child migrant & seasonal farmworkers; strengthen enforcement of what protections there are for children working in the fields and spur research through the EPA and other agencies to assess the risks children encounter in the fields. Its consumer focus is to raise awareness of children working in the fields and its negative impact on their education, health and safety; mobilize consumers on this issue; seek a mechanism to help consumers in the marketplace who wish to buy fruits and vegetables harvested under decent conditions. Its industry focus seeks to raise awareness and support among leading companies, such as Kellogg, Dole, and Green Giant; and to gain grower and retailer support for a mechanism to assure consumers that fruits and vegetables are harvested under decent conditions.
