PROGRAMS >> CHILDREN IN THE FIELDS

 AFOP’s Children in the Fields campaign strives to improve the quality of life of migrant and seasonal farmworker children by advocating for enhanced educational opportunities and the elimination of discriminatory federal child labor laws in agriculture.

Since 1997, AFOP has advocated for stronger federal child labor laws through its Children in the Fields campaign. It has partnered with the Child Labor Coalition, the National Consumers League, and other concerned parties to publicize the plight of this hidden population. It has used its extensive network of member agencies to inform the public and advocate for federal legislation that would strengthen the child labor safeguards in agriculture so that they are just as protective as those in all other industries. AFOP has conducted field investigations that have uncovered children as young as nine working in the fields. Most Americans still envision farms as safe, nurturing places. The Children in the Fields campaign has shown that the myth of the agrarian idyll does not extend to the children of America’s migrant and seasonal farmworkers.

EVENT:  Children in the Fields: The Hidden Problem of Child Labor in America

11 am, Monday, February 22

2103 Rayburn House Office Building

Announcing the Winners of AFOP’s 3rd Annual Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Children Essay Contest!-

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