Article Written By: Alexia Kulwiec

Agricultural workers have been deemed “essential,” yet current policy affords them few protections. In this article Alexia Kulwiec argues that the increase in government support for agriculture, both in the U.S. Farm Bill and relief policies in response to COVID -19, provides the opportunity to include long needed protections for agricultural workers.

VOLUME 13 - 2020-2021 ISSUE 1

13 Ky. J. Equine, Agric. & Nat. Res. L. 1 (2021).

Proposal: Protecting U.S. Agricultural Workers Utilizing Existing Legal Structures and Augments to the U.S. Farm Bill

Article Written By: Alexia Kulwiec

Agricultural workers have been deemed “essential,” yet current policy affords them few protections. In this article Alexia Kulwiec argues that the increase in government support for agriculture, both in the U.S. Farm Bill and relief policies in response to COVID -19, provides the opportunity to include long needed protections for agricultural workers.

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