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Agribusiness

Carolina del Norte está impulsando gran parte del crecimiento del programa de visas H-2A. Eso significa más exposición a lo que los trabajadores llaman el “monstruo verde”.

By Da Yeon Eom, Investigate Midwest | August 12, 2021

El salpullido -también conocido como urticaria-, los dolores de cabeza y los vómitos, son problemas de salud asociados a la intoxicación pornicotina que los trabajadores agrícolas pueden padecer en los cultivos de tabaco de Carolina del Norte.

Agribusiness

North Carolina is driving much of the H-2A program’s growth. That means more exposure to what workers call the ‘green monster.’

By Da Yeon Eom, Investigate Midwest | August 12, 2021

Workers said they’ve experienced dehydration, headaches and vomiting from harvesting tobacco in North Carolina.

Opinion

Opinion: Another Ag Gag “law” bites the dust

By Dave Dickey, Commentator | August 12, 2020

North Carolina thought they had it wired – a Teflon ag-gag law –Chief Justice Thomas Schroeder wasn’t buying what ALEC, North Carolina attorney general, and North Carolina Farm Bureau were selling.

coronavirus

Analysis: N.C.’s rural Covid-19 rate stems from meatpacking plants

By Sandy Smith-Nonini, The Daily Yonder | August 6, 2020

While nursing homes and prisons made up most rural hot spots in the spring, growing evidence now points to a different major “engine of spread” that has lurked beneath the radar of public awareness and official recognition: meat-processing.