fairness in farming continued from page 32 and his two sons receive their first dental exam through a program in mexico provided by fair trade certified premium funds el milagro de baja farm head security guard alfonso santiago velazco workers harvest berries at efi-certified strawberry farm nicole franco estacion principal through the el milagro de baja farm were too intimidated to report problems on farms-from working conditions to safety concerns-where the culture was to keep your head down “i have seen many changes and we have also seen how people themselves have collaborated to give their point of well as their obligations," says santiago ers to be part of a team to help improve christina guerrero to identify sexual harassment in the workplace and on health and safety instructions on warm-up exercises and proper use of equipment gled to carry boxes of fruit with a cord belts to protect their backs and use carts have also been given training on how to use it so they don't get hurt," santiago velazco says being part of the organizations has enabled the farms to act quickly on cur- rent centers for disease control and williamson has increased sanitizing of farmworkers wear personal protective certified four years ago for berries grown hands-free sanitizing and hand-washing stations in key growing regions empowering the farmers programs focused on improving working conditions for farmworkers and raising agricultural standards internationally certified by efi and fair trade are paid milagro de baja supplies strawberries to costco through its parent company andrew & williamson fresh produce under the goodfarms brand the organizations provide workers with updated training on health and protecting the environment in addition to improving farmworker lessening the environmental impacts of agricultural businesses farms are expected to reduce the amount of pesticides used on crops in conjunction with pesticide-management andrew & williamson
