"Ninety-one percent of counties with the highest rates of overall food insecurity are rural, and workers there face soaring costs of food and a declining number of grocery stores, as consolidation and rising real estate values close outlets. Although farmworkers harvest fruit and vegetables all day, it is odd, but true, that they are living in 'food deserts.'
'I have to say,' Guerrero says, sighing, 'that there is a lot of abundance (in Idaho). There is enough to go around. It’s just all going elsewhere.'”
"They Pick Food All Day, But Many Farmworkers Go to Sleep Hungry" - In These Times
https://inthesetimes.com/article/farmworkers-fruit-vegetable-harvest-food-deserts
“Farmworkers have a lot of trauma. They suffer trauma when crossing the border, doing their jobs, being assaulted or having accidents at work,” said Largaespada. 'Not to mention sexual assault suffered by women farmworkers [at the hands of] supervisors.'
Every month, Largaespada teaches workshops for the parents on mental health, starting with how to deal with kids and their mental and psychological health, and also offers services for the parents, as well as referrals to no-cost therapy sessions."
~ Pilar Marrero
"Farmworkers’ Working and Living Conditions Take a Mental Health Toll"
https://capitalandmain.com/farmworkers-working-and-living-conditions-take-a-mental-health-toll
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