How farmworkers are fighting extreme heat | Jon Esformes and Gerardo Reyes Chávez

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🗓️ 13 July 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Farm labor is hot, backbreaking and dangerous work. To protect workers from extreme heat and workplace exploitation, farmworker Gerardo Reyes Chávez has teamed up with farm manager Jon Esformes for a unique partnership. Learn how their collaborative model is keeping farmworkers safe and creating a blueprint for more modern, humane working conditions for the world's laborers.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:02.0	Audio Collective.
0:04.0	You're listening to Ted Talks Daily,
0:11.0	where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day.
0:14.7	I'm your host, Elise Hugh.
0:16.7	When we think about protecting workers from dangerous conditions, I first think of industrial accidents, but these days especially for farm workers, one of the most
0:26.0	dangerous conditions to contend with is extreme heat. Putting the humanity of farmers and farm workers first is at the heart of today's talk from
0:35.2	farmer John S Forms and farm worker advocate Herardo Reyes Chavez.
0:41.1	How they're keeping farm workers and our food safe is coming up after the break.
0:47.0	But please note that this episode contains some mature language.
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1:02.0	And now our TED Talk of the to hear a sneak peek of this week's episode.
1:05.2	And now our TED Talk of the day.
1:11.4	Well, Geraldo and I are here today as a farmer and a farm worker
1:15.0	to share with you how we turn decades of conflict into a collaborative partnership and positioned ourselves to meet the
1:19.7	challenges of climate change.
1:22.0	Or although it's great to be here with you today
1:25.0	in this air-conditioned auditorium,
1:27.0	not our normal workplaces in the fields of South Florida.
1:31.0	This place is definitely nice, John.
1:33.0	I'm really glad to be here today,
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