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"They do not bring us water or do not check if everything is okay."
A young worker talks about bad treatment they have received, but that they are too young to work elsewhere.
"This thanksgiving I gave thanks for the hands that collect our food."
A thanksgiving meal with Western Slope agricultural workers.
"We all work for the same reason, to get ahead and have a better future"
A Mexican agricultural worker in Northeast Colorado experiences injustices from the managers in the fields, which he explains is because the managers have papers and the workers do not. He describes the insecurity of the pandemic and fear of getting…
"We work long hours all day in the sun and working - leaving our family"
An agricultural worker's experience in Colorado. Includes topics of work hours, work conditions, and family. They also talk about how farmers do not value their work.
"With strength and work we contribute to the economy of the country"
The experiences of a farmworker who worked in onion and vegetable farms and in a dairy farm taking care of cows. She describes reasons as to why she left her country and work conditions in Colorado agriculture.
"You have to eat while you are working because you cannot stop working."
An anonymous agricultural worker in Morgan County discusses the the low pay, lack of meal breaks, and the reality of long work hours.
2023 Gran Festival Agricola
An annual festival at the end of the farm season to celebrate agricultural workers, held on the Western Slope!
