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Semana Nacional De Los Campesinos / National Farmworker Awareness Week takes place each March to celebrate the people who plant and harvest our food. 2.5 to 3 million people in the United States, including children, are farmworkers. Farmworkers face dangerous conditions in their workplaces including exposure to pesticides, heat illnesses, and subpar field sanitation standards. We honor their essential contributions and recognize their historical and continued fight for fair treatment and safe working conditions. 

Recognize and lift up farmworkers with us by exploring our recommended resources or by attending an event in our local community. 

National Farmworker Awareness Week / Semana Nacional De Los Campesinos

A poster reading "National Farmworker Awareness Week" with an illustration of three people sitting in front of green plants. Each person has brown skin and dark hair. Two of them have short hair and wear bandanas on their necks. The third has long hair. All three are drawn looking directly at the viewer.
A poster reading "Semana Nacional De Los Campesinos" with an illustration of three people sitting in front of green plants. Each person has brown skin and dark hair. Two of them have short hair and wear bandanas on their necks. The third has long hair. All three are drawn looking directly at the viewer.
A black and white poster with orange and red text. Featured on the poster are photos of civil rights and farmworker activists and advocates. Text transcribed in caption below.

The 2022 National Farmworker Awareness Week theme was Todos Unidos / Everyone Together. Each day, Student Action with Farmworkers celebrated activists pictured above: Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer, Larry Itliong, Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Nan Freeman, and Bacilio Castro.