farmworkers

A new study from UC Merced details the living and work conditions of farmworkers across California, including on the Central Coast.

Farmworkers are exposed to pesticides — it's a risk that's part of the job, according to one farmworker in this episode, in which you’ll hear about the risks, the regulations, and the agencies trying to offer solutions to limit exposure and facilitate reporting incidents.

It’s a warm day in Santa Maria, as Santiago Fanvian — who’s called Santa Maria home for the last 17 years — is at a strip mall with his two sons, both of…

Farmworkers face a disproportionate burden of COVID-19. Getting them vaccinated is vital, but challenging. The population’s health inequities led Santa Barbara County’s Public Health Department to launch “health equity clinics,” which help overcome obstacles to vaccination, such as language barriers and mistrust.

As the pandemic’s impact on the Central Coast affects farmworkers too, vaccinating these workers became an important objective.

State agencies and local labor organizers caravan across the Central Coast to advocate for farmworkers and inform them of their rights.

As state agencies and labor organizers set up a caravan across the Central Coast to advocate for workers’ rights, KCBX News followed the caravan to hear what they were asking for.

Take a step inside the town of Guadalupe to learn about a community whose history goes hand in hand with agriculture.

Inside one of Guadalupe's grocery stores, like La Estrella, you're bound to see a farmworker.“Yeah, they're just a lot of hardworking people and —…

Historically, agriculture has lacked protections for its workers, which makes them more vulnerable to labor trafficking. So what is being done locally to combat labor trafficking?