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Episcopal Farmworker Ministry and Disaster Response to COVID-19

Farmworkers in the U.S. confront numerous challenges. They receive poverty wages and have high rates of wage theft, precarious immigration status, and a high risk of injury and fatality (Smolski, 2019). They also face rampant food insecurity, with 40 to 70 percent of farm­workers experiencing a lack of reliable access to nutritious meals (Minkoff-Zern, 2014). Add to these challenges poor mental health from social isolation for guest workers who hold H2-A visas for agricultural work, the potential of working under dangerous and abusive conditions, and substandard housing. The general picture is of a workforce vulnerable to exploitation that does not receive the same benefits and protections as other workers due to agriculture’s exemption from many labor regulations. These challenges have been exacerbated by the current pandemic, which has hit farmworker communities particularly hard (North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services [NC DHHS], 2020; Wozniacka, 2020). . . .

Title of publication: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD)
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国际标准刊号: 2152-0801 online
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作者: Lariza Garzon - Episcopal Farmworker Ministry
其他作家: Andrew R. Smolski - North Carolina State University
组 织: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD)
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年份: 2020
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类别: Газетная статья
内容语言: English
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