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Hector Amezcua/UC Davis The COVID-19 Statewide Agriculture and Farmworker Education Program is designed to help California's 800,000 farmworkers stay safe during the pandemic. A university team is working with agricultural industry and community groups. Diane Nelson | Feb 08, 2021 California’s 800,000 farmworkers have been hit hard by COVID-19, the disease that has infected more than 25 million people and killed more than 420,000 in the United States. Farmworkers are especially vulnerable to the airborne virus that causes COVID-19 because they often live, work and...

Team is Working with Agricultural Industry and Community Groups January 28, 2021 California’s 800,000 farmworkers have been hit hard by COVID-19, the disease that has infected more than 25 million people and killed more than 420,000 in the United States. Farmworkers are especially vulnerable to the airborne virus that causes COVID-19 because they often live, work and carpool in close quarters with other people. As essential employees, farmworkers have stayed on the job during the pandemic to plant, process and harvest the nation’s food. Agricultural safety experts and communicators ...