Daniel is harvesting vegetables in Castroville CA. Daily he prepares the soil and connects irrigation pipes that can weigh up to 20 pounds each. A small field can have 1000 pipes spread out and a larger field can have 2000 pipes throughout the field. #WeFeedYou

Happy Birthday to Ethel Kennedy. Ethel is a long time supporter of the Farm Workers Movement, from visiting Cesar Chavez in the Salinas jail in 1970 to helping him end his fast over pesticides in Delano in 1988.

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Beny sent this video from Sunnyside WA where he is thinning the flowers on apple trees. This prevents overcrowding and ensures bigger fruit during the harvest. He earns 45 cents per tree. #WeFeedYou

Antonio and Roberto have worked as a team in Salinas CA for the last 8 years. They work as irrigators or tractor drivers depending on the vegetable crops such a lettuce or broccoli. They work 6 days a week year round from 7am to 530pm. #WeFeedYou

Vianey shared the video of the upcoming tomato harvest in Mendota CA. In a few months these small plants will become larger bushes, full of market tomatoes. The temp was 79 on this day but will top 100 at the peak of harvest. #WeFeedYou

Chelsea shared this picture of the strawberry field in Oxnard CA. Due to her working hunched over for more than 8 hours a day, she leaves the field each day with severe backpain. After 8 years of doing this work she hopes the piece rate will increase next year. #WeFeedYou

Join us in wishing Dolores Huerta
a very happy 94th birthday!

¡Únete a nosotros para desearle a Dolores Huerta un muy feliz cumpleaños número 94!

Lorenzo sent us this photo from Yuma AZ where he's working long hours on his knees, harvesting the cilantro we love in our salsa and chicken soup. #WeFeedYou

Ramon has been a farm worker for 23 years in Salinas CA. His job is to prepare the soil for the different plantings, such as lettuce in this field. He works up to 10 hours a day. #WeFeedYou

The new Simpsons episode talked about workers' rights and let's just say it's spot on!

Daniel sent greeting from Homestead FL as harvested tomatoes. These tomatoes are picked green but will ripen as they make their way to the supermarkets. #WeFeedYou

Meet Francisco. He retired after 42 years as a farm worker in Porterville CA. He soon returned to the fields when he realized he was not able to afford his increasing rent. #WeFeedYou

For centuries women of all origins have worked in the fields. Gina shared “This is a work of art, the pruning we do. We are mothers, we labor at home and in the fields” #WeFeedYou

Armando was readying the box of radishes he tosses to his coworker Ulises in Moorpark CA. By the end of the day they have loaded over a thousand boxes of the vegetable during their 8 hour shift. #WeFeedYou

Carolina has been harvesting Ventura County radishes for the last 20 years. She has a lot of experience and is very fast. Her co-workers say she is a champion. #WeFeedYou

Victor is a farm worker from WA state. In the spring he works in the fields with his parents and siblings grafting apple trees. These are the hard working families that put food on our tables #WeFeedYou

Join us and Bernie Sanders this Friday as we continue to fight so that tourism workers can live near where they work! We’re not done until all of us have won!

Flor is tying grapevines in the Yakima Valley. This step is important to ensure the vines grow along the wires when they are young. Soon the branches and leaves will start to come in and she will have to worry about hidden snakes and spiders as she works these fields. #WeFeedYou

A supermajority of Mercedes-Benz workers have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for a vote to join the UAW.

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A few days after Cesar Chavez Day & on the 56th anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination, I honored their tradition of nonviolence in the New York State Senate.

Efforts to roll back hard-won rights are constant, but in the words of Chavez, “We have seen the future, and the future is ours.”