From our friends at Toxic Free NC:
Every summer, the Farm Worker Documentary Project takes Toxic Free NC staff and our Farm Worker Documentary Intern into fields and labor camps across North Carolina. They interview farm workers about their experiences to bring their voices into the conversation about pesticide use in our state.
This year's documentary, Overworked and Under Spray, is a six-minute film that shares stories from young farm workers about resulting health effects from their exposure to pesticides in the fields, with commentary from health outreach and advocacy experts.
With the Farm Worker Documentary Project, we hope to tell a story about the role pesticides play in making agriculture the 3rd most dangerous industry in the US, how our farm workers are affected by pesticide use, and how we can change the way our food is grown.