Equitable Food Initiative (EFI) is celebrating National Farmworker Awareness Week. EFI is a workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer advocacy groups. The organization wants to encourage growers, agricultural associations, state agriculture agencies, food companies, retailers and consumers to share messages honoring the farmworkers who give Americans access to high-quality, fresh and safe food.
The week highlights the important contributions farmworkers make to the food supply chain. This commemorative week is observed March 25-31.
The past two years brought growing awareness of the reality of essential workers and the challenges of the supply chain, including the role of agriculture’s frontline workers – the farmworkers. Today’s consumers have taken a sincere interest in where their food comes from and the people who help get it from farm to table.
“Although supply chain challenges have wrought havoc on every industry, the skilled men and women of the food industry, including farmworkers, have shown us their fortitude and ability to keep our grocery store shelves stocked,” said LeAnne Ruzzamenti, director of marketing communications for EFI. “The men and women of agriculture and the food industry bring a level of skilled professionalism that is truly essential and should be valued and celebrated.
Nearly 2.5 million people work on farms and ranches and in greenhouses and packing facilities across the United Sates, performing hard and skilled labor and helping American farms add $136 billion to the U.S. gross domestic product.
For more information on National Farmworker Awareness Week, please visit www.equitablefood.org/farmworkerawareness.
