Equitable Food Initiative Recognizes Hispanic Heritage Month

September 19, 2024 Equitable Food Initiative

Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer advocacy groups, is recognizing National Hispanic Heritage Month by launching a campaign to celebrate the significant contributions of Hispanic and Latino workers in the agriculture industry and encourage other agricultural companies to participate.

Equitable Food Initiative (EFI) Offers Resources to Keep Farmworkers Safe From Heat Illness

EFI has developed a toolkit in collaboration with farmworkers that can be found at equitablefood.org/heat and includes a video for workers that explains heat exhaustion symptoms and preventable measures in Spanish, a tip sheet in both English and Spanish, and a round-up of other statistics and resources.