National Farm Worker Ministry

10/12/2026

⏰ We're just TWO DAYS away from our upcoming webinar, and registration closes TOMORROW at midnight!

On Wednesday, we're pulling up a chair for an important conversation about the history of farm workers' exclusion from key labor protections, the impact those exclusions continue to have on worker health, and the farm worker-led efforts to create change.

Our National Farm Worker Ministry team has a special invitation for you in this video! 🎥

Whether you're new to learning about farm worker justice or have been standing in solidarity for years, we hope you'll join us at the table.

📅 Wednesday, October 14
🕛 12 PM ET | 9 AM PT

Don't miss out! Register by midnight tomorrow to learn alongside us.

🔗 Register here: https://nfwm.org/news/farm-worker-labor-protections-webinar/

10/09/2026

As you know, we’ve been following changes to the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) and what those changes mean for H-2A farm workers and their families.

Over the past year, we’ve invited you to raise your voice, shared what we’ve heard directly from H-2A workers, and continued following the legal challenges to the new wage rules.

Now, there’s been an important development: a federal judge has ruled that most of the new AEWR methodology was unlawful.

⚖️ The Department of Labor must develop a new wage methodology.

💵 Current wage rates remain in place for now.

🌱 And for farm workers whose families have already been living with the impact of these changes, the outcome still matters deeply.

Sentient Media recently spoke with H-2A farm workers about what lower wages can mean beyond a paycheck, including the choices workers face around their health, food, and the money they’re able to send home to their families.

The court ruling is an important step. The workers living with these policies remind us why the outcome matters.

Read their stories:
https://sentientmedia.org/the-migrant-farmworkers-risking-their-lives/

10/09/2026

What does the fight for stronger farm worker protections look like from the perspective of someone doing the work?

Gerardo Reyes Chavez, Farm Worker Organizer with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, brings both his experience as a farm worker and his work organizing alongside farm worker communities to our October 14 webinar.

He’ll help bring the history we’re exploring into the present, sharing a farm worker-led perspective on the ongoing work to protect worker dignity, human rights, and safety in the fields.

Take a moment to hear from Gerardo about why this conversation matters, then join us next week for Not at the Table: How Exclusion from Labor Protections Puts Farm Worker Health at Risk.

📅 Wednesday, October 14
🕛 12 p.m. ET | 9 a.m. PT

Register today:
https://nfwm.org/news/farm-worker-labor-protections-webinar/

10/08/2026

10/07/2026

Earlier this month, three vans filled with Migrant Justice / Justicia Migrante members traveled from Burlington, Vermont, to Quincy, Massachusetts, calling for dignity and human rights for dairy workers through the Milk with Dignity campaign.

When they arrived, they weren't alone.

Farm workers, faith communities, and labor allies came together to walk alongside them, including NFWM founding board member Sister Marie Tess Browne.

Sister Tess helped connect Migrant Justice with the historic Church of the Presidents, where the group marched together before the church opened its doors, offering a place to gather, rest, and share time together.

It's a simple reminder that there are many ways to show up.

🚪 Sometimes it's opening a door.
🤝 Sometimes it's making a connection.
📣 Sometimes it's adding your voice when workers ask for support.

Migrant Justice is inviting consumers everywhere to stand alongside dairy workers organizing for dignity and justice. You don't have to be in Massachusetts to be part of what comes next.

Add your name to the Milk with Dignity Consumer Pledge:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdLM2ZwEefKuaAYxSaz25DnOgL-AFKdh0XcMyKILy4yyT7doQ/viewform

10/02/2026

Want to stand alongside farm workers?
Start by learning from the women leading the way. 🌱

Our partners at Alianza Nacional De Campesinas have launched Harvesting Immigrant Justice, a year-long campaign centering the experiences, dignity, and leadership of campesinas and farm worker communities.

And they've created a toolkit to help all of us take part. 💚

📖 Learn about the challenges migrant women workers are facing.
💬 Bring these conversations into your community.
📣 Find ways to take action alongside farm workers advocating for more just and equitable immigration policies.

For people of faith and conscience, this is an opportunity to listen, learn, and find your place in the work.

Explore the Harvesting Immigrant Justice toolkit:
docs.google.com/document/d/1cLKJB-D_Hb0aFKiyt8T6fpnNGTD4jzmNMP4VoiR_l7A/edit?usp=sharing

10/01/2026

🚨 Did you know farm workers are still at risk because of exclusions in our labor laws?

For generations, farm workers have been excluded from key labor protections, and the effects of those exclusions continue to shape worker health, safety, and working conditions today.

And we’re just 10 DAYS AWAY from digging into this history and what it means for farm workers now.

Join us October 14 for Not at the Table: How Exclusion from Labor Protections Puts Farm Worker Health at Risk, as we explore how these exclusions came to be, their impact today, and how farm workers are organizing for change.

📅 October 14 | 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT

Click below to learn more, register, and access tools to help you share this opportunity with your friends and community:

https://nfwm.org/news/farm-worker-labor-protections-webinar/

09/30/2026

When workers ask us to show up, we show up. ✊🏽🌱

Earlier this month, nursery workers organizing with called on communities across the Southeast to stand alongside them as they brought their Planting Justice campaign to Costa Farms locations.

Our Executive Director, Kathleen Wood, joined actions just outside of Asheville, NC — along with faith leaders, labor organizers, and community members — as they delivered a petition with more than 2,800 signatures supporting a worker-developed code of conduct and independent monitoring of workplace protections.

As Kathleen shared that day, “Nursery workers know what it takes to make their workplaces safer and more dignified.”

🌱 Workers are organizing.
🤝 Communities are showing up.
📣 And together, we're helping carry their calls for dignity and justice.

Read more about the North Carolina action:
www.bpr.org/climate-environment/2026-09-14/activists-march-on-costa-farms-in-leicester-to-demand-changes-in-working-conditions

09/28/2026

📣 ACTION ALERT: Join our partners at Migrant Justice / Justicia Migrante this Wednesday!

On Sept. 30, supporters across the country are taking action for farm worker rights and calling on Hannaford Supermarkets to join the Milk with Dignity Program.

Migrant Justice is looking for volunteers to help make the day of action possible by signing up for a 2-hour phone-banking shift between 9 AM–5 PM. Volunteers will receive a call list and script, and a virtual training will be available Tuesday evening for anyone new to phone banking.

📞 Can you give 2 hours to stand with farm workers?

👉 Sign up to volunteer!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfDIwXtCneEqY9hvMDARwFd4nijDewr9oy-5WruXaOYzPCCXA/viewform

09/25/2026

Advocacy isn't only about responding to the policies already in front of us. 🗳️

It's also about paying attention to who gets to shape the next ones.

Over the past year, we've invited our NFWM community to speak up about farm worker wages, workplace protections, immigration policies, and the H-2A program.

We've submitted comments. Contacted lawmakers. Joined workers at actions. And we've seen firsthand why sustained public engagement matters.

Election season gives eligible voters another opportunity to engage.

Before November, take some time to learn about the people asking to represent your community:

🔎 Who will appear on your ballot?
📋 What do their records and documented positions tell you?
🌱 What could the decisions made by that office mean for farm workers and other working people?

And first things first: make sure you're registered. Some of the earliest state registration deadlines are approaching in early October.

Being informed before we enter the voting booth is one more way we can bring our values into public life with intention.

Check your registration and state deadline at Vote.gov