Spring is around the corner and with that comes the busy farm season. Farmworkers are already out in the fields, planting crops and getting the ground ready for this season. Extended workdays for farmworkers includes walking and biking along Pulaski Highway and some of the back roads. The safety issues are clear when lighting from […]
Jobeth Leon joins the Warwick Area Farmworker Organization as the Outreach Coordinator. She will assist Kathy Brieger in organizing the Community Health Worker Team as well as the Outreach for Youth activities. Her outreach to farmworker families will include the parents for youth attending the programs, including Dulce Esperanza. Jobeth has a unique skill set […]
OUR HONOREE Minkus Family Farms Sun River Health Foundation is proud to be honoring Minkus Family Farms at our upcoming Honoring The Hands event on April 27th for their commitment to agriculture and health. We are so grateful to have partners like Minkus Family Farms who share the belief that we can cultivate good produce […]
The Warwick Area Farmworkers Organization has released its 2022 Annual Report. You can view the report directly here. It is in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format and should be viewable in most modern web browsers. Alternately you can download the Adobe Acrobat Viewer application here. The Annual Report for 2022 along with previous versions are kept […]
This past Holiday Season has been one of blessing for so many people in the migrant farmworker community thanks to the compassion, kindness, and charity of so many in our community. The Warwick Area Farmworkers Organization has put together a video below summarizing some of those individuals, organizations, and volunteers who worked so tirelessly to […]
The Warwick Area Farmworkers Organization 2022 Christmas Store for the migrant farmworkers and their families was held this past Saturday and Sunday (December 17th-18th, 2022). One hundred families purchased new gifts for their families with all proceeds raised from the sales going directly to fund our WAFO Winter Programs. So many children will have Christmas […]
Dear Friends, Every Christmas the Warwick Area Farmworker Organization holds a Christmas Store. The brand new items are provided through donations and purchased if necessary. Over 130 families were served last year through our Christmas Store. The new items are sold at a fraction of their cost and 100% of the proceeds are used to […]
Dear Friends, We need your help to provide urgently needed support for several of our programs. The winter months are especially difficult for farmworkers. The work hours are limited which impacts their ability to purchase food and other necessities. We see a dramatic increase in the number of people requesting food support during these […]
Guest chef Chris Madura, who is a local third generation farmer, helps Kathy Brieger prepare cucumbers into pickles in this episode of “Food as Medicine”. You can find Chris and his family’s produce at the Pine Island Farmers Market in Pine Island, NY. This episode was made possible by the Jacobowitz family who donated the […]
The Warwick Area Farmworkers Organization will hold this year’s 2022 Annual WAFO Kermes Fundraiser on Sunday; August 14, 2022 between 12 pm and 4 pm. This annual event traditionally follows the end of the WAFO Dulce Esperanza Summer Enrichment Program and is a way for the parents of the children in the Summer Program to […]
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