Farmworker Health

       There are many aspects to Farmworker's health that we want to make sure are taken into consideration when working on farms. Here are some links that talk about facts about farmworkers.
Here is a fact from the FLC Health website that surprises me every time I read it: "Agriculture is consistently ranked one of the three most dangerous occupations in the nation."


National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc.


Finger Lakes Community Health Facts


Here is another fact to make you think about farmworkers:
"The health status of migrant farm workers is at the same standard as third-world nations, while the country in which they work, the U.S., is one of the wealthiest nations on earth."



Don't forget to fill out our Community Survey for the three murals being painted at the festival! 
The link to the survey is:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zzccKYH4l_YlBtj1ufAKiX4RhUTr8wk0SxcxyegIk1k/viewform

Please fill it out! Anything you contribute to the survey will be contributed to the murals that will last a lifetime! The link is also on the right hand side



References:
Finger Lakes Community Health (2012). Did you know? interesting facts. Retrieved fromwww.ncfh.org.