U.S. Farmworker Awareness

National Farmworker Awareness Week usually takes place the last week of March and honors the contributions of farm laborers while promoting awareness of the difficulties farmworkers face. This annual week of recognition began in 1998 - founded by a nonprofit organization called Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF). 

According to Ohio's Department of Agriculture, approximately 5,600 known migrant farmworkers are living throughout the state - at the camps licensed by the Ohio Department of Health. The living situations are often small and barracks-style. The Department of Agriculture's Website has resources and information in their Migrant & Seasonal Worker Toolkit.