Human Cost of Food

Farmworkers' Lives, Labor, and Advocacy

AvCharles D. Thompson,Melinda F. Wiggins

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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Beskrivning

Finding fresh fruits and vegetables is as easy as going to the grocery store for most Americans-which makes it all too easy to forget that our food is cultivated, harvested, and packaged by farmworkers who labor for less pay, fewer benefits, and under more dangerous conditions than workers in almost any other sector of the U.S. economy. Seeking to end the public's ignorance and improve workers' living and working conditions, this book addresses the major factors that affect farmworkers' lives while offering practical strategies for action on farmworker issues. The contributors to this book are all farmworker advocates-student and community activists and farmworkers themselves. Focusing on workers in the Southeast United States, a previously understudied region, they cover a range of issues, from labor organizing, to the rise of agribusiness, to current health, educational, and legal challenges faced by farmworkers. The authors blend coverage of each issue with practical suggestions for working with farmworkers and other advocates to achieve justice in our food system both regionally and nationally.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2002-08-01
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:357
Förlag:University of Texas Press
ISBN:9780292781788

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Charles D. Thompson, Jr., is Director of Curriculum and Education at the Center for Documentary Studies, as well as an adjunct assistant professor in the Departments of Cultural Anthropology and Religion, at Duke University. Melinda F. Wiggins is Executive Director of Student Action with Farmworkers in Durham, North Carolina.

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"This is an excellent book, well-written, thoughtful, and scholarly, in a field which has very few overviews accessible to non-specialists. It is definitely a contribution to the literature and will fill a large gap in existing materials, especially in its emphasis on farmworker issues in the Southeast United States." Cynthia A. Wood, Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Appalachian State University

Innehållsförteckning

List of Abbreviations Preface Acknowledgments Lucas Benitez: Sowing Seeds for Change symposium addressCharles D. Thompson Jr.: Introduction Wendy Daniels Ibarra: The Virgin of Guadalupe, interview of Carmen TomÁsAlejandra Okie Holt and Sister Evelyn Mattern: Chapter 1. Making Home: Culture, Ethnicity, and Religion among Farmworkers in the Southeastern United States Lucas Benitez: Sowing Seeds for Change symposium addressCharles D. Thompson Jr.: Chapter 2. Layers of Loss: Migrants, Small Farmers, and Agribusiness Rachel LaCour: Life on Easy StreetCindy Hahanovitch: Chapter 3. Standing Idly By: "Organized" Farmworkers in South Florida during the Depression and World War II Joe Bayby: RifarÉ mi suerte/I'll Raffle My Luck, interview of Humberto Zapata AlvizoGarry C. Geffert: Chapter 4. H-2A Guestworker Program: A Legacy of Importing Agricultural Labor Roman Rodriguez: Testimony at Hearing before the Commission on Agricultural WorkersGreg Schell: Chapter 5. Farmworker Exceptionalism under the Law: How the Legal System Contributes to Farmworker Poverty and Powerlessness Rachel Avery: Wells FarmsKris Adams: The Conditions at the Camp Are Not Great, interview of VanessaChristopher Holden: Chapter 6. Bitter Harvest: Housing Conditions of Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Anonymous: The History We Wrote This SummerColin Austin: Chapter 7. The Struggle for Health in Times of Plenty Marcella Hurtado Gomez: That Summer Gloria Velasquez: Bella Juventud/Wonderful YouthRamiro Arceo, Joy Kusserow, and Al Wright: Chapter 8. Understanding the Challenges and Potential of Migrant Students Melinda Steele: I Don't Think People Give Up, interview of Sheila Payne Paul Ortiz: Chapter 9. From Slavery to Cesar Chavez and Beyond: Farmworker Organizing in the United States Lucas Benitez: Sowing Seeds for Change symposium addressMelinda F. Wiggins: Conclusion. An Invocation to Act Appendix I. Developing a Syllabus on Farmworker Advocacy Appendix II. Farmworker-Related Organizations and Agencies Appendix III. Recommended Readings Works Cited Contributors Index