FWAF

The Farmworker Association of Florida’s long-standing mission is to build power among farmworker and rural low-income communities to respond to and gain control over the social, political, workplace, economic, health, and environmental justice issues that impact their lives.

The Farmworker Association of Florida was founded in 1983 in response to devastating freezes decimating the citrus crop in Central Florida and impacting farmworkers’ livelihoods. The organization incorporated in 1986 and expanded statewide in 1992. FWAF now has five offices in diverse agricultural communities in Florida and organizes and outreaches to farmworkers in 15 different counties in the state. FWAF’s policy change efforts over the years have improved living and working conditions for Florida’s estimated 300,000 farmworkers, and include passage of the historic Florida Right to Know Act, among other successes.

FWAF media use of blog posts, audio podcasts and videos the organization is able to share multiple trainings and programs that compliment their hard work and all that they have achieved to become successful. Below is a list of different programs and trainings FWAF has done to be obtain their ultimate goal in order to be a successful organization.

1. Pesticide Health and Safety Trainings for Farmworkers Pesticide Exposure Recognition

2. Diagnosis and Treatment Trainings for Health Care Providers at Migrant Clinics

3. Advocacy for Policy Change to Improve Farmworkers Living and Working Conditions

4. Community-based, participatory research projects on farmworker health

5. Immigrants’ and Workers’ Rights Advocacy

6. Vocational Rehabilitation for Farmworkers

7. Education and Peer Support for Pregnant and Post-partum low-income, minority women

8. Disaster Preparedness and Relief

9. YEP- Youth Empowerment Program - HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention for Hispanic and Haitian Youth

10. Education and Empowerment for Latino Small Farmers Leadership Development

11. Outreach to and Collaboration with Student and Youth groups to raise awareness about farmworker issues.