Unhealthy Harvest: How does the Delaware’s produce reach your table?
Imagine a typical summer day in Delaware: 90 degrees, 98% humidity, and hungry, persistent mosquitos. Now imagine that there is not office AC to escape to. Your office is, in fact, outside in the fields, performing backbreaking labor. You’re harvesting watermelon, picking peaches, or collecting tomatoes. You’ll do this every day no matter how hot it gets, until the harvest is complete. Then, you’ll move on to the next state or crop.
This is the life of the 3 to 5 million migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFW) that come to the United States each year. MSFWs suffer higher rates of diseases and death than any other population in the U.S. This stems from a combination of poor working conditions, high rates of poverty, language and cultural barriers, and limited access to health care. …show more content…
Migrant farmworkers travel from place to place to work in agriculture and move into temporary housing while working; seasonal farmworkers work primarily in agriculture, but live in one community year-round.
MSFW’s
Imagine a typical summer day in Delaware: 90 degrees, 98% humidity, and hungry, persistent mosquitos. Now imagine that there is not office AC to escape to. Your office is, in fact, outside in the fields, performing backbreaking labor. You’re harvesting watermelon, picking peaches, or collecting tomatoes. You’ll do this every day no matter how hot it gets, until the harvest is complete. Then, you’ll move on to the next state or crop.
This is the life of the 3 to 5 million migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFW) that come to the United States each year. MSFWs suffer higher rates of diseases and death than any other population in the U.S. This stems from a combination of poor working conditions, high rates of poverty, language and cultural barriers, and limited access to health care. …show more content…
Migrant farmworkers travel from place to place to work in agriculture and move into temporary housing while working; seasonal farmworkers work primarily in agriculture, but live in one community year-round.
MSFW’s