Celebrate Cesar's Birthday during
Farm Worker Awareness Week

March 30 - April 5, 2008
I only want the people of the United States to think about us,
because the hands that feed them are ours.
Juventino Lucas Aguado, NC farm worker, speaking with Student Action with Farmworkers intern
INTERNET VIDEO ON FARMWORKER LIVES:

Farmworkers Lives & the Work of NFWM - 11 mins.
DVD now available fom NFWM or or view online
Part I & Part II

The Story of North Carolina Guestworkers - Student Action with Farmworkers, 4.5 mins.

Growing Up As A Farmworker Child - Catholic Migrant Farmworker Network, 1.5 mins.


HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS ON US FARMWORKERS:

Like Machines in the Fields: Workers Without Rights in American Agricuilture - OxfamAmerica, March 2004

Misery Without Borders -- Human Rights Watch, February 2001

Unfair Advantage: Workers' Freedom of Association in the United States Under International Human Rights Standards -- Human Rights Watch, August 2000

Summary of Farm Labor Contractor Abuses in California -- California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, May 2000

Fields of Poison: California Farmworkers and Pesticides -- A report by the Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA), the United Farm Workers and the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation. 1999.

Fact Sheets from the National Center for Farmworker Health
About 85 percent of the fruits and vegetables in the United States are harvested by hand. We really think it's important for people in Maine and the rest of our country to be aware of the human labor that contributes to our health.
- Barbara Ginley, Executive Director
Maine Migrant Health Program,
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