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Climate One

Chasing the Harvest in the Heat

Climate One

Climate One

Social Sciences, Earth Sciences, Science, News Commentary, News

4.7583 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2017

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Rising temperatures are making hard outdoor jobs even harder. It is the kind of heat that will ground airplanes and melt rail lines, and health experts say agricultural workers are especially vulnerable, as they are already one of the most economically disadvantaged groups. This is a conversation on how rising temperatures are changing the way our food is grown and the choices we have at the grocery store. Blanca Banuelos, Co-Director, Migrant Unit, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. Gabriel Thompson, Freelance Journalist and Author L. Ann Thrupp, executive Director, Berkeley Food Institute Dolores Huerta, Workers' Rights Activist This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, CA on September 19, 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Rising temperatures are making hard outdoor jobs even harder,

0:39.3

and agricultural workers are especially vulnerable.

0:42.3

There are low-wage workers who are living in rural communities

0:46.3

where there's much less resources to get assistance.

0:49.3

And they may talk about how it's 112 degrees today,

0:53.3

but I have to get the work done.

0:55.2

Which can lead to life and death situations.

0:57.2

You tend to think sort of that the supervisors have your back.

1:00.7

And then when you realize quickly that sometimes they don't

1:03.5

and that they almost killed your son,

1:05.4

you can really transform into someone who's

1:07.4

going to not let that happen anywhere else.

1:09.3

But it often takes great courage to make that difference.

1:12.0

It's a hardship on both the workers and also for the employers.

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