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Climate change, COVID make farmworkers' jobs more dangerous
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Climate change, COVID make farmworkers' jobs more dangerous

Most people have never met a farmworker, and haven’t seen the extraordinary conditions they work in, including smoke from wildfires and heatwaves.
Tom Philpott predicts the end of farming as we know it
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Tom Philpott predicts the end of farming as we know it

The veteran food writer's new book warns that the current trajectory of farming in California’s Central Valley and the Corn Belt could be setting us up for collapse.
The Iowa derecho put refugee food workers at even greater risk
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The Iowa derecho put refugee food workers at even greater risk

The hurricane-force winds that leveled Cedar Rapids have impacted hundreds of refugees who were considered ‘essential workers’ at meatpacking plants and supermarkets.
Kamala Harris brings food justice to the Democratic ticket
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Kamala Harris brings food justice to the Democratic ticket

As vice president, experts say Harris would be able to advance her years-long focus on hunger, worker rights and protections, and environmental justice.
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