Speaker for the Living

Labor Trafficking at Grant Family Farms
In 2010, Seth purchased a vegetable share from Grant Family Farms CSA, in Wellington, CO. Little did he know that a subcontractor had committed labor trafficking of undocumented workers 5 years prior, with a judge awarding $7.5 million to the 5 men for numerous violations of federal law in 2009. Seth tells their story, and how farmworkers are vulnerable to trafficking. Sources: * Fields of fear for Colorado illegal farm laborers, The Denver post * Does v. Rodriguez, CaseText * John Doe v. Moises Rodriguez, Sherloc * Human Trafficking For Labor Purposes AnAnalysis Of Immigration Policy And EconomicForces Within The United States, University of Central Florida * Grant Farms entity again files for bankruptcy, Coloradoan * Subcontractor Scheming: Holding Agricultural Companies Liable for Human Trafficking, Human Trafficking Search * Immigrant Workers in US Agriculture: The Role of Labor Brokers in Vulnerability to Forced Labor, Verité * Colorado Legal Services * Photo: Zimbio