Migrant Farm Workers and the Need to Build Solidarity

Sow and Grow Podcast

This episode offers a deep exploration of the multi-faceted migrant farm labour crisis. Kit Andres, from the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, offers insight into the unstable foundation of our current agricultural system due to lack of access to permanent residency and work permits that tie workers to their employers. Farming is skilled labour, so policy and treatment of workers should reflect that. Tune in to learn more about how we can work together to uplift migrant workers and build a stronger food system!

Kit Andres is a 3rd generation white settler in the Niagara region of Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe territory. As someone with citizenship status, they are united with their migrant, refugee, and undocumented neighbours to win full and permanent immigration status for all. Kit is a farmworker organizer with Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, which serves as secretariat for the Migrant Rights Network, the country's largest migrant-led coalition.

Learn more about migrant farm labour and migrant rights!

• Migrant Workers Alliance for Change
• Migrant Rights Network
• Migrant and Undocumented People Expect Full & Permanent Immigration Status for All
• Migrant Worker Subcommittee | National Farmers Union
• Twitter: @MWACCanada
• Instagram: @MigrantWorkersAlliance
• Facebook: /MigrantWorkersAlliance

As always, a huge thank you to the National Farmers Foundation (NFF)

Disclaimer: The thoughts and opinions expressed by the guest and producers of this podcast do not necessarily represent the thoughts, opinions or policy of our sponsors, including that of the National Farmers Union.

ETC GROUP Links

Who will feed us third edition (2017): https://www.etcgroup.org/whowillfeedus

Who will feed us animations (2018): https://www.etcgroup.org/content/new-video-who-will-feed-us-peasant-food-web-vs-industrial-food-chain