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Ag and Food

New Study Reveals Farmworker Pesticide Exposure in Idaho

By Jacky Vazquez / August 29, 2024
IORC News

Letter From Our New Executive Director Irene Ruiz

By Jacky Vazquez / October 23, 2023
Ag and Food

Idaho Denies Basic Protections to Farmworkers

By Jacky Vazquez / September 25, 2024
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Ag and Food

Farmworkers deserve basic protections from heat and smoke, here’s one step in the right direction

By Jacky Vazquez / September 3, 2024

Editor’s Note: This blog was written by Samantha Guerrero, the Community Organizer and Communications Coordinator at the Idaho Organization of

Ag and Food, Democracy, Legislature, Pesticides, Visión 2C Resource Council

Idaho bill would strip farmerworkers and others of their rights to hold pesticide manufacturers accountable for harms

By Eric Warren / February 12, 2024

IORC members testify against a bill to allow pesticide manufacturers immunity from claims their chemicals have harmed farmworkers and others,

Ag and Food, Visión 2C Resource Council

Marielena Vega Returns to her Roots to Protect the People Growing Food in Idaho

By Eric Warren / March 23, 2023

This story was originally published at Homegrown Stories. In 2020, Marielena Vega met a farmworker with a disturbing story. While

IORC News

Welcome to our new interim co-directors Irene Ruiz and Doug Paddock

By Doug Paddock / November 3, 2022
Ag and Food, Clean and Renewable Energy, Climate & Energy, Democracy, Legislature

Idaho Legislature: More of the Same Old Story

By Doug Paddock / June 15, 2022
Ag and Food, IIRA

Part One: The Origins of Project Milpa

By Megan Carter / March 7, 2022

Food access is a cornerstone social justice issue of our lifetime. In 2020 IORC organizers Irene Ruiz and Samantha Guerrero

Farm workers
Ag and Food, Visión 2C Resource Council

OSHA Rules on Heat & Smoke

By Megan Carter / January 12, 2022

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is initiating rulemaking to protect outdoor and indoor workers from hazardous heat exposure. 

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