For the fifth year, the Warwick Area Farmworker Organization (WAFO) will be driving a campaign to fund 300 safety backpacks. These backpacks provide safety for farmworkers as they bike or walk along unlit roads with no shoulders. They leave for work before the sun rises and after sunset, so these reflective back packs make them […]
Spring is around the corner and with that comes the busy farm season. Farmworkers will be out in the fields in the next two months, 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 […]
The Warwick Area Farmworker Organization is offering a special program on mental health for the Farming Community. The program will be held on February 18th from 1-3 pm, at the Alamo Community Center. This important issue has been raised Farmers are three and a half times more likely to die by suicide than the general […]
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 […]
The Warwick Area Migrant Committee is launching a campaign to provide safety backpacks to the area farmworkers this April (2021). As the harvest season begins, many of the area farmworkers use Pulaski Highway as they walk or ride their bikes to the fields. There are no shoulders and limited lighting on the roads in the […]
© Warwick Area Farmworker Organization 2026. Powered by WordPress
