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Jun 14, 2021 SAN LUIS VALLEY, Colo. A woman with pregnancy complications needed permission from her boss to visit a doctor. Community health volunteers were turned away from delivering food and covid information to worker housing. A farmworker had a serious allergic reaction but was afraid to seek treatment. To Nicole Civita, policy director with Colorado advocacy group Project Protect Food Systems Workers, such stories encapsulate an entrenched power dynamic that covid-19 has brought into focus: Farmworkers are “essential but treated as expendable,” including when it comes to accessing health care. Her organization is one of many that supported Colorado legislation dubbed the Farmworker Bill of Rights. Among its provisions is a requirement that the more than 3,000 Colorado farmworkers who live in employer-provided housing be able to visit, or be visited by, medical professionals and community health workers. Employers must also provide transportation to medical ....
A woman with pregnancy complications needed permission from her boss to visit a doctor. Community health volunteers were turned away from delivering food and covid information to worker housing. A farmworker had a serious allergic reaction but was afraid to seek treatment. ....
The agriculture industry this week won only minor concessions from the sponsors of a bill that intends to grant farmworkers some of the same labor protections available to non-farmworkers. After a debate stretching more than five hours Friday, the House gave Senate Bill 87 preliminary approval. SB 87 has been the biggest challenge for the industry, already struggling to recover from the pandemic and the Trump trade war, in the 2021 session, opponents said. The bill grants farmworkers the right to join labor unions, engage in collective bargaining and strike. It removes the longtime exemption for farmworkers in the stateâs Labor Peace Act. ....
Candace Krebs The Ag Journal Nathan Mudd farms at Brighton and runs what could be one of the earliest online farmers markets. “When we started in 2012, the thing we heard from all over the country is people will never buy food online,” he recalled. “In fact, the timing really worked out for us with what happened in 2020.” With the arrival of the pandemic, demand for local food increased, while consumers also started shopping differently. Online sales became critical. “If anything has become clear about food marketing in the COVID-19 era, it’s how central online shopping has become for direct marketers,” he said. ....
CFVGA New President/More WIC Funds Target Fruits and Vegetables Monday May 3rd, 2021 The Colorado Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association has a new president but his name is familiar to many in the state ag industry. Bruce Talbott, of Talbott’s Mountain Gold, Palisade peach, and grape orchards has been elected president of the CFVGA Board of Directors replacing long-time president Robert Sakata. Sakata of Sakata Farms in Brighton stepped down after he was appointed to the Colorado Water Conservation Board. Talbott says he is honored by his selection and knows the job will be tough at times. In a statement, he says, “The urban/suburban consumer and voters have very little understanding of the extent of the ag infrastructure and what it takes to successfully and sustainably produce fruit and vegetables in Colorado, whether conventional or organic. Talbott said their ability to survive and thrive is linked to the ability to communicate and win the public s und ....