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US farm workers

October 2026

  • woman stands and holds man's arms as he sits on couch in home

    Our unequal earth
    Heatstroke ruined his health. Years before, it took the life of another farm worker at the same company

    A farm labor contractor exposed laborers on H-2A agricultural visas to heat-related health hazards, but the contractor is still bringing hundreds of migrant farm workers to North Carolina

September 2026

  • a man in suit walks near a green tractor

    Key ally urges Trump to back US farmers amid anger over rising prices

    Iowa senator Chuck Grassley calls for embargo on diesel exports as tariffs and Iran war drive up costs for sector

July 2026

  • Farmworkers bent over harvesting strawberries in a large green field, with cardboard boxes nearby

    New survey reveals fears of US farm workers amid Trump’s immigration raids

    Vast majority of farm workers say raids and deportations have affected their jobs and 61% report shopping less

June 2026

  • a man in cowboy hat looks out window of car at cows

    Farm workers at higher risk amid screwworm outbreak in US south-west

    Those who work with animals are at greater risk for infection, but face challenges in accessing healthcare

May 2026

  • Black and white image of tall man in glasses and woman in peasant shirt looking in the same direction.

    ‘I’m hoping people get inspired’: what can we learn from the godfather of community organizing?

    American Agitators is a rousing new documentary about Fred Ross Sr, who spent more than 50 years fighting against divisive and destructive forces in the US

April 2026

  • overhead view from aircraft of burned areas and smoke rising

    ‘Nothing but tree skeletons’: record-breaking wildfires devastate US cattle country

    Rising temperatures and extreme drought are driving more destructive spring fires across the Great Plains. This year, forces aligned to create the perfect storm in Nebraska

March 2026

  • Man covers up mural of person

    California renames Cesar Chavez Day as Farmworkers Day

    Lawmakers earlier passed bill to rename 31 March holiday following sexual abuse allegations against labor leader
  • A mural of a man with an eagle symbol above the letters 'NFWA'

    California moves to rename Cesar Chavez Day after sexual abuse allegations

    Legislators propose designating 31 March as Farmworkers Day in light of allegations against late labor leader

    • Lawmakers and community leaders react to ‘indefensible’ Cesar Chavez sexual abuse allegations

    • Dolores Huerta says she was abused by Cesar Chavez: ‘My silence ends here’

    • United Farm Workers union cancels Cesar Chavez events over abuse allegations

October 2025

  • a man speaking

    Our unequal earth
    RFK Jr railed against ultra-processed foods. Trump’s policies encourage their production

    Experts say the administration’s Maha agenda ‘betrays the public’ and doesn’t actually seek to regulate junk food

June 2025

  • aerial view of a tractor turning soil

    RFK Jr’s report calls farmers the ‘backbone’ of the US – but Trump’s cuts hurt them

    Small farmers face ‘two personalities’ as Trump team slashes $1bn as Kennedy vows to protect them

December 2024

  • overhead view of a farmer on a tractor preparing a field for spring planting

    Bleak outlook for US farmers – and Trump tariffs could make it worse

  • A man on walking by a water reserve

    Trump’s policies ‘should be turning off farmers’ – why did so many vote for him?

November 2024

  • people hold signs in protest of H-2A

    Our unequal earth
    Washington state farm workers worry about boom in legal foreign workers

    The H-2A program might grow under Trump and mass deportations

October 2024

  • A muddy field strewn with debris, a house and barn in the background

    Our unequal earth
    North Carolina farms face depleted, toxic soil after historic Helene flooding

  • a man standing in a field swinging a farm implement.

    They feed us
    ‘We need ’em worse than they need us’: how Haitian workers feed the US

  • A person standing by a cooler hands another person a styrofoam meal container and a bottle of water

    They feed us
    US farms are forcing workers to buy inedible, expensive meals: ‘It makes you feel enslaved’

  • side by side images of a woman in a patterned shirt and women operating a hose

    They feed us
    Something about the migrant labor camp spooked my mother. Then she learned its dark history

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