38 min
#118 The Children Behind the Food We Eat; 15 Year-Old Emily and AFOP's Melanie Most People Don't... But You Do!
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Today's we have two podcast guests. The first is 15 year-old Emily, a child of a migrant farmworker family that can literally put 10 years of experience on her resume, as she started working in the fields at a very young age. This practice needs to stop and the rights of children need to be shared more.
The second is Melanie Forti, with AFOP (Association of Farm Worker Opportunity Programs), based in the Washington, DC area. She is their Health and Safety Programs Director and also the Campaign Director for Children in the Fields Campaign.
Emily is the poised essay contest writer sharing her thoughts as a child that formerly worked in the fields.
My summary here could not do it justice. Listen and learn why this issue is so important and what YOU can do to help.
https://afop.org
The Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs (AFOP) has been an advocate for migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States since 1971. The thread that binds the Association is the concept that training and education can provide the launching pad to a better and more stable life for the workers who plant, tend, and harvest the crops that Americans consume at their tables.
Today's we have two podcast guests. The first is 15 year-old Emily, a child of a migrant farmworker family that can literally put 10 years of experience on her resume, as she started working in the fields at a very young age. This practice needs to stop and the rights of children need to be shared more.
The second is Melanie Forti, with AFOP (Association of Farm Worker Opportunity Programs), based in the Washington, DC area. She is their Health and Safety Programs Director and also the Campaign Director for Children in the Fields Campaign.
Emily is the poised essay contest writer sharing her thoughts as a child that formerly worked in the fields.
My summary here could not do it justice. Listen and learn why this issue is so important and what YOU can do to help.
https://afop.org
The Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs (AFOP) has been an advocate for migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States since 1971. The thread that binds the Association is the concept that training and education can provide the launching pad to a better and more stable life for the workers who plant, tend, and harvest the crops that Americans consume at their tables.
38 min