National Farmworker Awareness Week

Facts:

  • Washington employs approximately 113,000 farmworkers across agriculture (Source).

  • Farmworkers work an average of 8.8 months per year in agriculture (Source).

  • Washington produces approximately 70-78% of the nation’s apples, relying heavily on farm labor across the state (Source).

  • Agriculture is a leading industry in Washington, generating over $10 billion annually in production value and supporting thousands of farmworker jobs (Source).

  • Many farmworker families live in substandard housing, and farmworkers are significantly more likely than the general population to experience overcrowded conditions (Source).

Resources:

Community to Community - Solidarity Economy

Each project combines community education, action, and reflection as we strive for Food Sovereignty: the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems.

Northwest Justice Project (NJP) - Farmworker Unit

NJP provides legal assistance to eligible low-income families and individuals with civil (non-criminal) legal problems in Washington state. The Farmworker Unit provides legal help for farmworkers with workplace safety, harassment, discrimination, wage theft, and more

Office of Rural & Farmworker Housing (ORFH)

Services: Farmworker housing assistance - ORFH are a private, nonprofit affordable multi-family housing development consultant. ORFH provides the technical expertise and extra capacity to help public housing authorities, nonprofits and others develop affordable housing to help low-income people in rural Washington State.

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