If you haven’t heard, the U.S. The Department of Labor established new rules in 2023 to protect farmworkers from exploitation and retaliation. However, Attorney General Raul Labrador has blocked these protections, prioritizing profit over human lives. Idaho’s guest worker program, … Continued
New study reveals farmworker pesticide exposure in Idaho. The study by Boise State University in collaboration with Idaho Organization of Resource Councils Director Irene Ruiz, reveals that Latinx farmworkers in Idaho have traces of various pesticides in their urine samples. … Continued
IORC members testify against a bill to allow pesticide manufacturers immunity from claims their chemicals have harmed farmworkers and others, protecting chemical companies from billion-dollar claims. On February 6th, 2024, the Pesticide Immunity Bill (Senate Bill 1245) was approved on … Continued
Thank you to everyone who submitted comments to the Idaho Department of Agriculture regarding the rules governing pesticides. Your voice is a critical part of this process!
Contact: Idaho Interfaith Roundtable Against Hunger, Carl Van Slyke at cvanslyke63@gmail.com, Idaho Organization of Resource Councils, Breland Draper, (208) 991-4451, bdraper@iorcinfo.org Advocacy Groups Say House Version of the Farm Bill is a Leap in the Wrong Direction Boise, ID (June … Continued
IORC’s Ag & Food Task Force is teaming up with Boise Fry Company to showcase our campaign to promote locally sourced food. BFC will be generously donating a portion of their sales that day to support the work of the … Continued
We’re excited to announce our next in-person IORC Ag & Food Task Force meeting. We will be meeting face to face to evaluate our work over the last year, prioritize issues for this year (both existing and potential new issues), discuss … Continued
BY EILEEN STACHOWSKI AND CHRISTINA STUCKER-GASSI We want to make one thing clear, the Trans-Pacific Partnership has nothing to do with national security. It’s an agreement written by corporate lawyers to support multinational corporations and suppress the sovereignty of t … Continued
In the fall of 2013, IORC members came together at two workshops and asked ourselves three questions? 1) What does real change in the agriculture system look like? 2) What are the values that drive us to care about our … Continued