Farmworkers Struggling to Survive

Episode 19 • May 17, 2020 • 00:59:25
Farmworkers Struggling to Survive
Sustainability Now! on KSQD.org
Farmworkers Struggling to Survive

May 17 2020 | 00:59:25

/

Show Notes

Sustainability Now!, May 17, 2020, Struggling to Survive: Binational Farmworkers on the Central Coast, with Dr. Ann Lopez, Founder and Director of the Center for Farmworker Families in Watsonville, California.  Lopez is emerita professor at San Jose City College, and holds degrees in biology and a PhD in Environmental Studies from UC Santa Cruz. The Center works with binational farmworkers and their families to promote their well being. She is author of The Farmworker’s Journey about the human side of the binational migration circuit from the subsistence and small producer farms of west central Mexico to employment in California’s corporate agribusiness. In 2019, Ann was chosen as Woman of the Year by the 29th Assembly District of California. Be sure to watch “A Migrant Farmworker’s Story,” a CFF video filmed during on of the Centers Farmworker Reality Tours.

Other Episodes

Episode 186

July 05, 2026 • 00:53:59
Episode Cover

The San Francisco Bay Area—An Environmental History With David D. Schmidt

Over the past four centuries, the transformation of the Greater San Francisco Bay Region has been extraordinary.  What was once a near paradise for...

Listen

Episode 152

July 20, 2025 • 00:53:24
Episode Cover

The False Promise of Deep-Sea Mining with Professors D.G. Webster and Susan Park

The United States has indicated that it will begin to explore commercial mining of mineral nodules on the international seabed, in violation of the...

Listen

Episode 117

March 17, 2024 • 00:55:26
Episode Cover

The Climate Change Resilient Vegetable Garden With Kim Stoddart

All of us—well, many of us—are backyard gardeners. And it’s planting season. Backyard gardens are not immune from the impacts of violent and unpredictable...

Listen