April 6, 2011
More and more Americans are asking questions about where their food comes from, but few are going so far as to think about who picked it. Farmworkers remain in the shadows. A new report released on Cesar Chavez Day (March 31) shines a light into these dark corners of our nation's food system.
The Inventory of Farmworker Issues and Protections in the United States is the product of a unique for-profit/NGO joint venture of the Bon Appetit Management Company Foundation and United Farm Workers. By compiling and analyzing data from multiple federal, state, and private sources, it renders a comprehensive picture of the reality faced by America's least-valued yet critically important workforce.
