Latinx Farmers’ Survival in the U.S.

Episode 64 February 07, 2022 00:53:22
Latinx Farmers’ Survival in the U.S.
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Latinx Farmers’ Survival in the U.S.

Feb 07 2022 | 00:53:22

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Show Notes

Latinx Farmers’ Survival in the U.S. Agricultural System,

with Josefina Lara Chavez

 

Join host Ronnie Lipschutz in a conversation with Josefina Lara Chavez, Farm-to-Market specialist and Senior Manager, Latinx Farmer Program for the Community Alliance for Family Farmers in Davis. Our focus will be on Latinx farmers in the Monterey Bay Region and their struggle to survive and thrive in the face of an agricultural system that takes little account of them.  Lara Chavez a fourth generation family farmer and is currently working at getting her farm and food hub in Hollister, Lara Organics, off the ground.

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Sustainability Now! is underwritten by the Sustainable Systems Research Foundation. and Environmental Innovations.

North Bay Jobs with Justice has launched a campaign to support farmworkers in Sonoma County. For more information, see https://northbayjobswithjustice.org/

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