

As Labor Day rolls around, as the American people once again gather to enjoy family picnics and evening cookouts, AFOP encourages everyone to take a moment to appreciate the farmworkers who worked extremely hard to help deliver to tables across the nation the delicious food we enjoy. Through extreme heat and numbing cold, through waking before dawn and working well into the evening, through pesticide exposure and abuse by unscrupulous employers, these workers provide us what we eat every day. Every day. So, let’s make it a point this Labor Day to recognize the crucial, elemental role that farmworkers play in preserving our society, our way of life, and to acknowledge that they, too, are deserving of a day without labor. Ironically, most will be working Monday … sustaining us.
The Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs’ mission is to improve the quality of life for migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families by promoting self-sufficiency through employment and training opportunities, educational attainment, and health and safety.
AFOP and its 54 non-profit and public agencies that operate the National Farmworker Jobs Program provide access to training and supportive services to help farmworkers create better futures for themselves.
Just one of tens of thousands of farmworkers and family members who have used the National Farmworker Jobs Program as a springboard to better, more stable, and family-sustaining employment, both inside and outside of agriculture.
The Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs (AFOP) applauds the Biden administration and congressional leaders for advancing needed immigration reform. Immigrants, and farmworkers particularly, make great contributions to the United States. It is time these individuals have a chance to adjust their status. AFOP strongly supports these efforts and urges their quick adoption.
Happy 50th birthday AFOP! 50 years serving America’s farmworkers.
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AFOP and its 54 non-profit and public agencies that operate the National Farmworker Jobs Program provide access to training and supportive services to help farmworkers create better futures for themselves.
To address the needs of workers in one of the most dangerous jobs in the country, AFOP’s Health & Safety Programs strive to empower farmworkers to protect themselves against pesticides and heat stress through health and safety education.
By educating the public, advocating for educational programs for farmworker children, and supporting fair living wages for all farmworkers, the Children in the Fields Campaign strives to get farmworker children out of the fields and back into schools.
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