Food Systems in the Coronavirus Pandemic, Part 2: Farmworker Living and Working Conditions and State Agency Responses
June 24, 2020 - Teresa Hendricks, Lori Yelton, Emily Mattern, Jaime Malnar, Colleen Matts , Mariel Borgman , Zaire Parrotte
This meeting focuses on Michigan’s food and agriculture sector and conditions for farmworkers as the pandemic continues.
Guest speakers include:
- Teresa Hendricks, Migrant Legal Aid, to shed light on conditions for farmworkers as the growing season gets going;
- Lori Yelton, Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, to share an update on the state of the Michigan food and agriculture sector; and
- Emily Mattern and Jaime Malnar, Office of Health and Nutrition Services at Michigan Department of Education, to share emerging plans for food service programs when schools get back in session in the fall.