There is no Thanksgiving without farm workers. #farmworkers #labor

There is no Thanksgiving without farm workers. #farmworkers #labor

HT @ai6yr

#California farms applied millions of pounds of #PFAS to key crops, study finds

‘ #ForeverChemicals’ sprayed on #almonds, #grapes, #tomatoes and other crops as activists warn of ‘obvious problem’

by Tom Perkins
Tue 18 Nov 2025 07.00 EST

Excerpt: "California farms applied an average of 2.5m lbs of PFAS “forever chemicals” per year on cropland from 2018 to 2023, or a total of about 15m lbs, a new review of state records shows.

The chemicals are added to pesticides that are sprayed on crops such as almonds, pistachios, #wine grapes, #alfalfa and tomatoes, the review of California Department of Pesticide Regulation data found. The Environmental Working Group nonprofit put together the report.

The risk for uptake of PFAS is likely higher in water-rich fruits and vegetables, because water attracts the chemicals, and research has shown PFAS may concentrate at dangerous levels in some produce. The chemicals also pollute water supplies and present a higher risk to the often low income and Latino #farmworkers."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/18/california-pfas-forever-chemicals

#ForeverChemicals #DowChemicalKnew
#3MKnew #BigAg #RoundupReady #Glyphosate #Bees #Extinction #Hubris #WaterIsLife #PFASContamination #EnvironmentalDamage #EPACuts #Pollution #PFOS #PFASPollution #PFASContamnation #ManMadeDisasters #3M #3MLied #GenXChemicals
#PFNA #PFHxS

Here's a little reporting on the three-day strike:
https://www.turnto23.com/news/in-your-neighborhood/bakersfield/farmworkers-strike-for-dignity-amid-immigration-raids

#ICE #strike #farmworkers #immigration#California

Here's a little reporting on the three-day strike:
https://www.turnto23.com/news/in-your-neighborhood/bakersfield/farmworkers-strike-for-dignity-amid-immigration-raids

#ICE #strike #farmworkers #immigration#California

"Another farmworker, Gabriel, who came out to speak, brought a backpack full of yellow envelopes containing all his tax documents over the decades.

“These are my taxes. I have been paying my taxes for 19 years, without rights,” he said, as he pulled out each envelope and threw them on the ground in front of the podium. “I’ve been doing this year, after year, after year. For a promise that I would get my citizenship, this is my testimony that I am not a criminal. We are not criminals.”"
#farmworkers #food #farming #immigration #workers #labor#California#HumanRights
https://lamag.com/news-and-politics/farmworkers-call-for-worker-led-strikes-and-boycotts-amid-recent-raids-targeting-farms-at-a-press-conference-on-monday

"Another farmworker, Gabriel, who came out to speak, brought a backpack full of yellow envelopes containing all his tax documents over the decades.

“These are my taxes. I have been paying my taxes for 19 years, without rights,” he said, as he pulled out each envelope and threw them on the ground in front of the podium. “I’ve been doing this year, after year, after year. For a promise that I would get my citizenship, this is my testimony that I am not a criminal. We are not criminals.”"
#farmworkers #food #farming #immigration #workers #labor#California#HumanRights
https://lamag.com/news-and-politics/farmworkers-call-for-worker-led-strikes-and-boycotts-amid-recent-raids-targeting-farms-at-a-press-conference-on-monday

How many more will die before Stephen Miller's cruel & incompetent ICE raids are stopped?

ABC7.com story about the death of Jaime Garcia, a farm worker, following an #ICE raid at Glass House Farms near Camarillo, CA https://abc7chicago.com/post/camarillo-federal-agents-conduct-immigration-raid-southern-california-farm/17056281/
#ICE#StephenMiller #uspol #immigration#FarmWorkers
@jimstewartson @emptywheel
@nicolesandler

How many more will die before Stephen Miller's cruel & incompetent ICE raids are stopped?

ABC7.com story about the death of Jaime Garcia, a farm worker, following an #ICE raid at Glass House Farms near Camarillo, CA https://abc7chicago.com/post/camarillo-federal-agents-conduct-immigration-raid-southern-california-farm/17056281/
#ICE#StephenMiller #uspol #immigration#FarmWorkers
@jimstewartson @emptywheel
@nicolesandler

The scene at the #farm on Thursday was chaotic, with #federal agents wearing helmets & face #masks using #TearGas & smoke cannisters on #protesters, according to photos & videos of the scene.

Several #farmworkers were injured & one died on Friday from injuries sustained after a 30-foot fall from a building during the #raid, said Elizabeth Strater, national vice president of the #UnitedFarmWorkers.

#law #immigration#HumanRights#ICE#Trump#Gestapo#PoliceBrutality

The #Trump admin has made conflicting statements about whether #immigration agents will target #farmworkers, about half of whom are unauthorized to work in the US, per govt estimates.

#DHS said that ~200 people in the country illegally were arrested in the raid, which targeted 2 locations of the cannabis operation Glass House Farms.

Agents also found 10 immigrant minors at the #farm. The facility is under investigation for child labor violations, said #CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott.

The scene at the #farm on Thursday was chaotic, with #federal agents wearing helmets & face #masks using #TearGas & smoke cannisters on #protesters, according to photos & videos of the scene.

Several #farmworkers were injured & one died on Friday from injuries sustained after a 30-foot fall from a building during the #raid, said Elizabeth Strater, national vice president of the #UnitedFarmWorkers.

#law #immigration#HumanRights#ICE#Trump#Gestapo#PoliceBrutality

The #Trump admin has made conflicting statements about whether #immigration agents will target #farmworkers, about half of whom are unauthorized to work in the US, per govt estimates.

#DHS said that ~200 people in the country illegally were arrested in the raid, which targeted 2 locations of the cannabis operation Glass House Farms.

Agents also found 10 immigrant minors at the #farm. The facility is under investigation for child labor violations, said #CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott.