Farmworkers in the United States are classified as essential workers.Cleotilde is a farmworker in Ventura County who wears a colorful bandana to protect her from the sun and pesticides, but since"Farm work is an honorable job, but a tough job," she said. Her employers have implemented social distancing in the fields, but she said she's worried about putting her three daughters at risk when she returns home.
Farm laborers from Fresh Harvest working with an H-2A visa harvest romaine lettuce on a machine with heavy plastic dividers that separate workers from each other on April 27, 2020 in Greenfield, California. Her employer has implemented strict social distancing guidelines and ramped up sanitation practices in order to help keep Lazaro and her co-workers safe, but she has heard reports of farmworkers in neighboring towns who've been infected with COVID-19. She said she's put aside her fears to keep working, to provide for her son who's deaf.Farm laborers with Fresh Harvest wash their hands before work on April 28, 2020 in Greenfield, California.
At the beginning of the outbreak, Wilmer Jimenez, western coordinator at the Rural and Migrant Ministry, said some farmworkers in New York state were told to keep working even though they were exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19. Farm laborers from Fresh Harvest working with an H-2A visa maintain a safe distance as a machine is moved on April 27, 2020 in Greenfield, California.
In neighboring San Luis Obispo County, Ryan Talley also said he's focusing his efforts on keeping employees safe -- staggering shifts, limiting the number of people riding in each vehicle, disinfecting all of the shared facilities multiple times a day. In some cases, he's reduced production in order to increase safety for employees -- people he refers to as his extended family.
they are protecting people's health and providing people with adequate nutrition.
God bless them they risk themselves and there family's to help us thank you for them
Yeah lots of Chinese virus out in the fields. What douchebags
So are the people in grocery stores, pharmacies, UPS, FedEx, etc.. Thanks to them as well.
And most of them undocumented 😭 but they are there for us for the US, and a lot of people want them out but none want their jobs.
Its called CCPVirus
God bless these workers and their families. Thank you for doing this back breaking work day after day. You are appreciated for all your hard work. God bless you and yours.
Lucky them...they still have a job.
RT UNSUNG HEROES!
I know that not all of them wear masks and gloves which is why I am not buying any fresh greens or berries for a while. They'll spread it without giving it a second thought. Reasoning it helps their heart and helps others understand them. Bridging the racial divide through germs.
As soon as farm labor is paid hourly as opposed to by weight, an American will invent a droid to do their work.
What about fruit and veg pickers here?
The food supply is not safe. E- coli is spreading from the farmworkers who are not tested for COVID-19 community spreads!
What if the farm is their home?
You can’t farm from home. I tried it.
Everybody is going to die and this is the end of the world.
americans are the dumbest breed on earth
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