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This open access book takes the upheaval of the global COVID-19 pandemic as a springboard from which to interrogate a larger set of structural, environmental and political fault lines running through the global food system. In a context in which disruptions to the production, distribution, and consumption of food are figured as exceptions to the smooth, just-in-time efficiencies of global supply chains, these essays reveal the global food system as one that is inherently disruptive of human lives and flourishing, and of relationships between people, places, and environments. The pandemic thus represents a particular, acute moment of disruption, offering a lens on a deeper, longer set of systemic processes, and shining new light on transformational possibilities.

Human geography --- Anthropology --- Society & social sciences --- food system --- supply chain --- COVID --- pandemic --- crisis --- production --- labour --- Indigenous studies --- postcolonial studies --- cultural studies --- food sovereignty --- alternative food --- farmworker collectives

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An examination of Latino/a immigrant farmers as they transition from farmworkers to farm owners that offers a new perspective on racial inequity and sustainable farming. Although the majority of farms in the United States have US-born owners who identify as white, a growing number of new farmers are immigrants, many of them from Mexico, who originally came to the United States looking for work in agriculture. In The New American Farmer, Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern explores the experiences of Latino/a immigrant farmers as they transition from farmworkers to farm owners, offering a new perspective on racial inequity and sustainable farming. She finds that many of these new farmers rely on farming practices from their home countries—including growing multiple crops simultaneously, using integrated pest management, maintaining small-scale production, and employing family labor—most of which are considered alternative farming techniques in the United States. Drawing on extensive interviews with farmers and organizers, Minkoff-Zern describes the social, economic, and political barriers immigrant farmers must overcome, from navigating USDA bureaucracy to racialized exclusion from opportunities. She discusses, among other topics, the history of discrimination against farm laborers in the United States; the invisibility of Latino/a farmers to government and universities; new farmers' sense of agrarian and racial identity; and the future of the agrarian class system. Minkoff-Zern argues that immigrant farmers, with their knowledge and experience of alternative farming practices, are—despite a range of challenges—actively and substantially contributing to the movement for an ecological and sustainable food system. Scholars and food activists should take notice.

Hispanic American farmers --- Agriculture --- Farmers, Hispanic American --- Farmers --- food justice --- race and food --- sustainable farming --- sustainable agriculture --- sustainable food --- alternative agriculture --- alternative food --- immigrant agriculture --- food sovereignty --- farmworkers --- farmworker justice --- immigration and food --- slow food --- eco-food --- just food --- food culture --- immigrant rights --- Mexican immigration --- Latino --- latinx --- Latinoa agriculture --- Latinoa farmers --- Latinx agriculture --- Mexican foodways --- Mexican agriculture --- new farmers --- beginning farmers --- organic farming --- organic farmers --- agrifood systems --- food and society --- agricultural ladder --- agroecology --- agricultural institutions --- farmers markets --- USDA --- agricultural extension --- agricultural technical support --- Agricultural Census --- family labor --- farm labor --- food labor --- agricultural labor --- land reform --- small-scale farming --- diverse farming --- farm scale --- family farming --- food security --- foodways --- farmers of color --- racism

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It is now recognized that workplace aspects (scheduling, shift work, physically demanding work, chemical exposure) not only increase the risk of injury and illness, but also impact health behaviors (smoking, physical activity) and health outcomes (sleep disorders and fatigue, obesity, musculoskeletal disorders). In turn, ill health and chronic conditions can affect performance at work, increasing risk for injury, absenteeism, and reduced productivity. In the past few decades, programs that expand the traditional focus of occupational safety and health to consider nontraditional work-related sources of health and well-being have been shown to be more effective than programs that separately address these issues. This Total Worker Health approach has been recognized by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as a method for protecting the safety and health of workers, while also advancing the overall well-being of these workers by addressing work conditions. This compendium presents work from an international collection of scholars exploring the relationship between workplace factors and worker safety, health, and well-being. It provides guidance for improving the organization and design of work environments, innovative strategies for promoting worker well-being, and novel methods for exposing underlying occupational causes of chronic disease.

workplace bullying --- quality of life --- occupational health --- work-to-family conflict --- Korean workplaces --- organizational intervention --- health promotion --- injury prevention --- musculoskeletal --- ergonomics --- mixed-methods study --- construction industry --- safety management --- health risk behaviors --- workplace safety --- safety leadership --- health promoting leadership --- safety programs --- health protection --- leadership --- qualitative study --- Perceived Occupational Health (POH) --- Job Demands-Control-Social Support (JD-R) model --- professional accountants --- work organization --- dirty work --- moral leadership --- taint normalization --- management consulting --- burnout --- psychometric properties --- nursing --- workforce demographics --- home care workers --- workplace --- occupational --- safety --- health --- well-being --- dissemination --- cognitive demands --- employee well-being --- working conditions --- job satisfaction --- wellbeing --- wellbeing misalignment --- Millennials --- work stress --- productivity --- impairment cost --- stress management --- employee characteristics --- workplace health promotion --- health and safety --- cardiovascular disease --- work environment --- social capital --- trust --- Total Worker Health® --- health behaviors --- job stress --- occupational safety and health --- worker well-being --- turnover --- employment duration --- occupational injury --- manufacturing --- newly-hired workers --- occupational wellbeing --- performance --- happy-productive worker --- total worker health --- breastfeeding --- industry --- workplace accommodations --- work culture --- work policy --- occupational health surveillance --- young workers --- training --- MTurk --- likeability --- behavior change --- Total Worker Health --- participatory methods --- program implementation --- organizational readiness --- process evaluation --- logic model --- workplace health management --- occupational health and safety --- company reintegration management --- return to work --- cross-sectional survey --- Germany --- adolescent --- hypertension --- blood pressure --- Hispanic --- work --- farmworker --- integration --- participatory workplace program --- process fidelity --- program impact --- sustainability --- workplace health --- wellness --- governance --- planning --- barriers --- survey --- ACA --- precarious work --- action learning --- technical assistance --- community-university partnership --- policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change

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From South Africa in the nineteenth century to Hong Kong today, nations around the world, including the United States, have turned to guestworker programs to manage migration. These temporary labor recruitment systems represented a state-brokered compromise between employers who wanted foreign workers and those who feared rising numbers of immigrants. Unlike immigrants, guestworkers couldn't settle, bring their families, or become citizens, and they had few rights. Indeed, instead of creating a manageable form of migration, guestworker programs created an especially vulnerable class of labor. Based on a vast array of sources from U.S., Jamaican, and English archives, as well as interviews, No Man's Land tells the history of the American "H2" program, the world's second oldest guestworker program. Since World War II, the H2 program has brought hundreds of thousands of mostly Jamaican men to the United States to do some of the nation's dirtiest and most dangerous farmwork for some of its biggest and most powerful agricultural corporations, companies that had the power to import and deport workers from abroad. Jamaican guestworkers occupied a no man's land between nations, protected neither by their home government nor by the United States. The workers complained, went on strike, and sued their employers in class action lawsuits, but their protests had little impact because they could be repatriated and replaced in a matter of hours. No Man's Land puts Jamaican guestworkers' experiences in the context of the global history of this fast-growing and perilous form of labor migration.

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