Wednesday, April 20, 2022

WHEN

"But while 83% of farmworkers identify as Hispanic or Latinx, per a National Agricultural Workers Survey published in 2019, the study shares that 98% of all U.S. farmland is owned by white Americans."

~ Chris Sands

https://www.tastingtable.com/837163/new-study-reveals-sad-reality-of-pesticide-impact-on-farmworkers/?utm_campaign=clip

MET

"Women are under-represented in economics globally"

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00986-8?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=nature&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1650398103

"Solving this systemic problem will require shifts in culture, practices and policy, says Chari. She says economists must first accept and recognize the bias in the field. Increasing mentorship and networks for women will also give them the tools to better navigate the profession. 'I think we need to study the problem and to document it so that it is very hard for people to deny it — to pretend it doesn’t exist,' Auriol says."

~ Britney J. Miller

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