The deadly shooting of seven agricultural workers in Half Moon Bay, California in January, brought national attention to the issue of housing conditions for farm workers. According to city officials, neither of the farms where the mass shooting took place had permits for their farmworker housing and the conditions of the housing was “deplorable.”
Dr. Ann López, Executive Director of the Center for Farmworker Families, joins the show to discuss the reality of the immense challenges that farmworkers face in America including harsh working and living conditions, limited healthcare access, and widespread chronic health issues.
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