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Warwick Area Farmworker Organization

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Mental Health Program for Farming Community Announced

March 19, 2025
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Mental Health Program Announced for Farming Community

The Warwick Area Farmworker Organization (WAFO) is offering a free program in partnership with our partners Sun River Health, Warwick Cares, and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention that will address the critical issue of mental health in the farming community. Farmers face unique challenges, with suicide rates three and a half times higher than […]

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March is National Nutrition Month

March 14, 2022
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Learn more about the WAFO food security programs!

March is National Nutrition Month and the Warwick Area Farmworker Organization recognizes the importance that farmworkers play in getting healthy, fresh foods on our plates. Agriculture plays an important role locally in Orange County New York, but these local agricultural businesses could not do this without the farmers and agricultural workers on the farms. Please […]

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“Down on the farm: A shortage of agricultural labor” – CBS Sunday Morning

July 8, 2021
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On its Sunday; June, 27 2021 show “CBS Sunday Morning” ran a segment entitled “Down on the farm: A shortage of agricultural labor” that took a look at an issue very close to our hearts at the Warwick Area Farmworker Organization. One that is taking place all across the United States of America– a severe […]

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Safety Backpack Fundraiser:

Donate Supplies from our Amazon Wishlist!

The WAFO Safety Backpack program annually raises funds and supplies to support our efforts to distribute work safety backpacks to migrant farmworkers in the Warwick Valley. Donating from our Amazon Wishlist above allows you to donate supplies for these bags so the farmworkers can remain safe commuting and working in the farm fields. More…

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Warwick Area Farmworker Organization

PO Box 607
Goshen, NY 10924
(845) 258-1560
info@wafarmworkers.org

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