Advocates already pushing for a satisfactory farm bill in 2023
The current farm bill doesn’t expire until 2023, yet already advocates are lining up their arguments to assemble the kind of farm bill they want to see next year.
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by bcadmin | Oct 9, 2022 | Catholic Charities, Catholic News Service, Catholic Relief Services, Church in the US, Farm workers, Farming, News, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops | 0 |
The current farm bill doesn’t expire until 2023, yet already advocates are lining up their arguments to assemble the kind of farm bill they want to see next year.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 3, 2022 | California, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Farm workers, News | 0 |
Thousands of marchers lined up in a Sacramento park Aug. 26 to finish the last mile of a 23-day farmworker march.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 14, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Farm workers, immigration laws, News, U.S. Congress | 0 |
Everyone is feeling the pain: at the gas pump, at the grocery store, in the electric bill.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 9, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Farm workers, Georgetown University, News, Poverty | 0 |
Farmworkers and farmers alike are at risk of being thrust into poverty and disease due to the market power of a concentrated agriculture industry, according to a new study.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 24, 2020 | Associated Press, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Farm workers, Florida, immigrants and refugees, Migrants, News | 0 |
Redlands Christian Migrant Association is helping migrant farm workers in Florida during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 14, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Farm workers, Italy, migrants and refugees, News | 0 |
In an effort to curb the exploitation of migrant laborers and boost its crippling agriculture industry, the Italian government has granted temporary residency to agricultural workers without proper immigration documents.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 6, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Italy, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Farm workers, General Audience, Italy, migrants and refugees, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
The coronavirus pandemic is a “favorable time to rediscover the need for prayer in our lives; let us open the doors of our hearts to the love of God our father, who will listen to us,” Pope Francis said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 6, 2020 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in Italy, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Farm workers, General Audience, Italy, migrants and refugees, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
Migrant farm workers must be treated with dignity, Pope Francis said Wednesday, issuing his appeal as Italy weighs whether to legalize the workers amid a shortage of seasonal farmhands due to the coronavirus crisis.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 6, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic Rural Life, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Farm workers, News | 0 |
A rural life novena to St. Isidore, patron saint of farmers, begins May 7 and ends May 15, the saint’s feast day.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 30, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Farm workers, migrants and refugees, News, USCCB | 0 |
Four U.S. Catholic bishops called on government officials to consider the role and plight of U.S. migrant farmworkers during the coronavirus pandemic and made recommendations that include free testing and care should the workers test positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 19, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Farm workers, migrant labor, Migration and Refugee Services, News, USCCB | 0 |
As those working from home escalated their complaints or jokes on Twitter about Zoom meetings, the United Farm Workers of America offered a reality check March 20 in the form of tweet: “You can’t pick strawberries remotely.”
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