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Pesticide Protections for Farmworkers

By Erik Loomis

In General

On October 8, 2015

One of the most important and underreported stories over the last few weeks was the EPA setting new pesticide protections for farmworkers. The new rules, announced by EPA administrator Gina McCarthy, Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, and United Farm Workers (UFW) president Arturo Rodriguez, include the...

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Work and Food Writing

By Erik Loomis

On September 20, 2014

So this is kind of an interesting story about a big hop farm in Idaho. I read it because I like beer. But I also read it to see how.

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Drought and Farmworkers

By Erik Loomis

On August 11, 2014

The California drought has not only devastated owners, but the workers who rely upon migrant farm work to survive: On July 11, Camacho was working at a health resource fair.

The Lives of Farmworkers

By Erik Loomis

In General

On March 7, 2014

California farmworkers remain nearly as exploited as fifty years ago. Filthy, substandard housing, a lack of water in the fields, pesticide poisoning, and poor sanitation define too much of their lives. These workers, migrant and beneath the radar of the Americans for whom they produce...

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Wage Theft in the Chile Fields

By Erik Loomis

On December 17, 2013

Green chile. The greatest gift New Mexico has given to the world, when you visit the Land of Enchantment, that chile is found everywhere from the most humble breakfast burrito.