Child Farm Labor Discussion on Food Chain Radio

Last week Human Rights Watch released a report that asserts labor conditions for child farm workers negatively impacts the children's health and education as their legal protections are poorly enforced. Who's to blame for this problem? According to Human Rights Watch the blame lays at the feet of Congress, the Department of Labor, and the Environmental Protection Agency.

In the wake of the report, Michael Olson's Food Chain Radio is going to host Human Rights Watch's Zama Coursen-Neff and the American Farm Bureau Federation's Ronald Gaskill for what is being described as a conversation about legislation to restrict child farm labor. The discussion will this Saturday at 9am Pacific time.

Topics that will be included in the discussion are the type of work children may or may not do while working on the farm; what are the current rules, and what are their weaknesses; and whether or not new law is needed.

To listen to the program, click here to visit the Food Chain Radio website.
To check out the Human Rights Watch report, click here.
To learn more about current farm labor laws, click here to visit the National Agricultural Law Center's Labor Reading Room.
To read a previous US Agricultural & Food Law and Policy Blog Post on the Human Rights Watch report, click here.

Posted: 05/13/10