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March 28, 2024 17:02 ET | Source: Justicia for Migrant Workers

Bi-National People's Tribunal on the Struggles of Farmworkers in North America

NEW YORK, March 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Grassroots farmworker organizations from the United States and Canada are convening a People's Tribunal on the Struggles of Farmworkers in North America...
November 16, 2022 09:32 ET | Source: Coming Clean

The next Farm Bill can only be “climate-smart”if it reduces agricultural reliance on pesticides, says diverse coalition

Brattleboro, Vermont, Nov. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 16, 2022 Press Contact: Deidre Nelms, dnelms@comingcleaninc.org, 802-251-0203 ext. 711 Today, 50...
June 07, 2021 10:02 ET | Source: Latino Community Foundation

As California Prepares to Reopen on June 15, the Latino Community Foundation Honors Essential Workers During Annual Gala

SAN FRANCISCO, June 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Latino Community Foundation (LCF), California’s sole philanthropic organization focused on unleashing the civic and economic power of the Latino...
November 16, 2020 12:00 ET | Source: Organic Trade Association

Organic produce members team up in Organic Trade Association’s Produce Council

Washington, D.C., Nov. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American organic produce sector is big and complex. It accounts for more sales than any other organic sector, and its production regions...
August 20, 2020 13:33 ET | Source: Organic Trade Association

Organic takes on climate change

Washington, D.C., Aug. 20, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The threat that climate change poses to our world, our ecosystem and our health demands bold policy solutions, and, as the devastating impacts of...
July 07, 2020 15:39 ET | Source: Organic Trade Association

Organic Trade Association’s Board backs sweeping farm workforce reform

Washington, D.C., July 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of the Organic Trade Association has voted unanimously to take strong action to support the health, safety and legal...
February 05, 2020 20:34 ET | Source: UFW Foundation

UFW leader asks climate panel to protect farm workers from heat deaths

Washington, D.C., Feb. 05, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Washington, D.C.— Former United Farm Workers President Arturo S. Rodriguez urged the U.S. House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis to enact...