Additional Resources

The beauty and complexity of farm work in Washington

“Artwork created by farmworkers and their communities paints an authentic picture of farm labor in Washington.” This article from High Country News features beautiful artwork from the movement, including paintings done by C2C founder Rosalinda’s father, Jesús Guillén.

https://www.hcn.org/issues/54.2/north-art-the-beauty-and-complexit-of-farm-work-in-washington

César Chávez speech on pesticides:

This 1988 speech is a touchstone for farmworker justice and environmental justice. In it, César Chávez speaks on the horrible health impacts of pesticide poisoning in farmworker families, and the cruel labor conditions that lead to exposure.

César Chávez’s first major address after his 36-day 1988 fast over the pesticide poisoning of farm workers.

Cosmonaut Article: Is this Sweat or am I Crying?: A Workers History of Farm and Food in the United States

Is This Sweat or Am I Crying? A Workers’ History of Farm and Food in the United States

Food First Article: A Democractic Food System Means Unions for Farmworkers

Resources on the Bracero Program:

Our Grandfathers Were Braceros, and We Too, a new book by farmworker justice movement folk singer and activist Rosa Marta Zarate Macias

http://braceroarchive.org/about
https://www.labor.ucla.edu/what-we-do/research-tools/the-bracero-program/

Harvest of Loneliness: https://www.kpbs.org/news/2011/aug/24/harvest-loneliness-bracero-program/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcV2EOo-Xdc

Harvest of Shame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJTVF_dya7E

The beauty and complexity of farm work in Washington

“Artwork created by farmworkers and their communities paints an authentic picture of farm labor in Washington.” This article from High Country News features beautiful artwork from the movement, including paintings done by C2C founder Rosalinda’s father, Jesús Guillén.