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JUSTICE FOR FARMWORKERS

I wanted to commend your recent article on the farmworker movement for environmental justice (“Sowing Change,” February 2022). The article speaks poignantly to the economic inequality in this rich region and the unequal impacts of the climate crisis.

Lisa Citron
Cascadia College, professor, environmental economics Seattle, Washington

First of all, muchas gracias for the terrific article “Sowing Change” in your February issue. The fact that the pandemic has placed a heavier, often lethal, burden on migrant workers in the U.S. is

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