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- Added: Nov 16, 2008
- Length: 43:53
Seasons we love, as told by experts
- Added: Nov 12, 2008
- Length: 02:43
Summer's heat is posing serious dangers for the farmworkers who harvest most of our fruits and vegetables.
- Added: Jul 17, 2008
- Length: 03:19
It's been 15 years now since the death of farm union leader Cesar Chavez -- way past time to make his birthdate of March 31 a national holiday.
- Added: Mar 21, 2008
- Length: 03:22
A commentary noting that few women are more deserving of special attention during Women's History Month than farm worker leader Dolores Huerta.
Bought by KGLP and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.
- Added: Mar 03, 2008
- Length: 05:15
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Dec 03, 2007
- Length: 09:07
- Added: Dec 01, 2007
- Length: 15:44
A commentary about the miserable pay and working and living conditions of tobacco harvesters.
- Added: Nov 01, 2007
- Length: 04:02
- Added: Nov 01, 2007
- Length: 02:15
Migrant Labor and the Poverty that Produces our Plenty
Bought by WCNY, WSKG, WRPI, and Radio Catskill
- Added: Aug 20, 2007
- Length: 55:00
- Purchases: 4
A strong movement is under way to win decent treatment for the miserably treated tomato pickers whose work is essential to the hugely profitable fa...
- Added: Apr 26, 2007
- Length: 03:24
A commentary on the significance of Cesar Chavez Day,
Bought by KPFT
- Added: Mar 23, 2007
- Length: 03:44
- Purchases: 1
Ernesto Galarza, now largely forgotten, played a key role in the rise of the farm labor movement led by Cesar Chavez.
Bought by KPFT
- Added: Apr 28, 2006
- Length: 03:23
- Purchases: 1
It's the 38th anniversary of farmworker leader Cesar Chavez's extraordinary 25-day fast.
- Added: Mar 09, 2006
- Length: 02:46
Celebrations are being held this year to mark the anniversary of the grape strike led by Cesar Chavez that won worldwide support for California's l...
- Added: Oct 22, 2005
- Length: 03:42
A commentary on the working and living conditions of sheepherders that are right out of the 19th century.
- Added: Jun 02, 2005
- Length: 03:13