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Harvest of Dignity: Resources
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Resources and Statistics on North Carolina Farmworkers & Related Issues
Harvest of Dignity documentary
Farmworker Advocacy Network - We're a statewide network of organizations that work to improve living and working conditions of farmworkers and poultry workers in North Carolina. Since 2003, we have been collaborating to bring workers' voices to the legislative process. In the past, we have identified and led campaigns to improve housing conditions, pesticide safety and wages.
Harvest of Dignity campaign - The Harvest of Dignity (campaign) is working for Safe Places to Live, Safe Places to Work, and Strong Enforcement of Our Existing Laws.
Statistics & Definitions
- Migrant Workers, NCDACS definitions & regulations, NCDACS
- 2007 Census of Agriculture
- North Carolina's Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers, North Carolina Medical Journal
- Migrant Farmworkers in the United States, The Geneso Migrant Center
- Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Demographics, National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc.
- North Carolina's Rank in Agriculture, USDA
E-Verify
- Ag groups criticize mandatory E-Verify without program to supply farm labor
- Candidates for Congress talk agriculture at Forum
- Introduction of the Legal Workforce Act of 2011
Housing & Inspection for Migrant Farmworkers
- Migrant Farmworker Housing Regulation Violations in North Carolina, report by Dr. Thomas A. Arcury, et.al.
- Wake Forest University Study Finds Violations Rampant in Migrant Housing: Study reveals multiple housing law violations at every camp inspected; advocates urging NCDOL to increase inspections of farm worker housing.
- Introduction to Migrant Housing Inspections in North Carolina
- Migrants' woes: bed bugs, foul toilets, illness
- Migrant Housing
Child Labor
- Photo exhibit shows a hidden labor force: N.C.'s Child Farmworkers
- Farmworker advocates "disappointed" labor commissioner is unwilling to take a stand against child labor
- Rural kids, parents angry about Labor Dept. rule banning farm chores
- Today's Topic: Proposed federal farm labor regulations, Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler sits down each week with Southern Farm Network's Rhonda Garrison to discuss "Today's Topic."
- Obama criticized in reversal on child farm-labor regulations
Working Conditions for Migrant Farmworkers
- Justice for farmworkers
- Migrant Farmworkers: America's New Plantation Workers
- Report On The Mt. Olive Pickle Boycott By The Farm Labor Organizing Committee and Migrant Farm Worker Conditions In North Carolina And In the United States
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company on Farm Labor Issues
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company: Open Letter on Farm Concerns
- The Human Cost of Food: Farmworkers' Lives, Labor, and Advocacy
Guest Worker/H2A Programs
Immigration
Labor Shortage
- North Carolina wary of possible farm labor shortage
- Fewer workers crossing border create farm labor shortage
- Growers struggle to cope with farmworker shortage
- Immigration controls cause worker shortage: Farmers at a loss for laborers
- Rural Migration News: Florida, North Carolina, Georgia
- Slicing the $478 Million Sweet Potato Pie
Health & Safety
- A Guide to Farm Safety and Health, NCDOL
- NC Dept. of Labor Neglects to Enforce Laws that Protect Farmworker Health and Safety
Trade Agreements