Migrant Health Newsline Vol. 27 No. 2
Author: NCFH
Date Published: 2010
Migrant and seasonal farmworkers are often a forgotten and misunderstood population in the United States. Most Americans take for granted visiting their local grocery stores whenever they desire to pick up fresh fruits and vegetables and very little thought goes into the time consuming, difficult, and often dangerous labor that is necessary to put such food on our tables. Often, people disregard the names and faces of the men and women who work in the fields and replace them with feelings of apathy. Most people do not realize how long migrant and seasonal farmworkers have lived and worked in the U.S., nor the role that events in U.S. history have played in shaping the current state of agriculture. In March, several states will celebrate the life of the great farmworker, labor leader, and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez. In honor of him, NCFH is dedicating this issue of the Migrant Health Newsline to the history of farmworkers.
Date Published: 2010
Migrant and seasonal farmworkers are often a forgotten and misunderstood population in the United States. Most Americans take for granted visiting their local grocery stores whenever they desire to pick up fresh fruits and vegetables and very little thought goes into the time consuming, difficult, and often dangerous labor that is necessary to put such food on our tables. Often, people disregard the names and faces of the men and women who work in the fields and replace them with feelings of apathy. Most people do not realize how long migrant and seasonal farmworkers have lived and worked in the U.S., nor the role that events in U.S. history have played in shaping the current state of agriculture. In March, several states will celebrate the life of the great farmworker, labor leader, and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez. In honor of him, NCFH is dedicating this issue of the Migrant Health Newsline to the history of farmworkers.
