Meant To Be Eaten

Lori Flores on farmworkers' rights amid and beyond the pandemic

Episode Summary

"A conversation with Lori Flores. Stony Brook University associate professor history Lori Flores's research and writing focuses on Latino life, labor, and politics in the United States from the post-WWII era to the present day. We discuss farmworkers' rights amid (and beyond) the pandemic. "

Episode Notes

A conversation with Lori Flores.

Stony Brook University associate professor history Lori Flores's research and writing focuses on Latino life, labor, and politics in the United States from the post-WWII era to the present day. We discuss farmworkers' rights amid (and beyond) the pandemic.

Link to the Food52 story we discuss here.

United Farm Workers https://ufw.org/

Coalition of Immokalee Workers https://ciw-online.org/

National Center for Farmworker Health http://www.ncfh.org/

Food Chain Workers Alliance http://foodchainworkers.org/

United Food and Commercial Workers Union http://www.ufcw.org/

An example of a food security initiative: No Us Without You (effort to feed undocumented restaurant workers in Los Angeles): https://www.nouswithoutyou.la/

An example of a community market: People's Market in Bloomington, Indiana: https://www.limestonepostmagazine.com/peoples-market-ethos-focuses-on-food-justice-mutual-aid/


 

Photo Courtesy of Lori Flores.

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