This week chaotic federal immigration sweeps occurred in fields across CA-including Ventura, Kern & Tulare counties. You may have seen videos of agents chasing farm workers thru the field. Workers are terrorized. Your gift can help us fight back. 1/2 ⬇️ #WeFeedYou

"Cruz" is an irrigator in CAs San Joaquin Valley working in the pistachios. The harvest begins around the end of August. This is a critical time for him to focus on managing water delivery to the trees to support nut development and prepare for the harvest. #WeFeedYou

"Lily" is harvesting grapes in Kern County CA. It's lunch time and it is already past 90° and feels even hotter under the grapevines. Reports put the high on Sat & Sun at 106°. Workers tell us they're proud of the work they do and how their efforts feed America. #WeFeedYou #CALOR

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Portland OR Call to Action TODAY!.Join @UFWupdates and @PCUN at 1303 NW Lovejoy St, Thursday 8/21, from 12 noon to 1:45 to form a human billboard and tell supermarkets to stop stocking Windmill Mushrooms! #BoycottWindmillMushrooms

UFW proud to be in solidarity with @unitehere11 and 60+ org@nizations - including unions, community groups, and religious institutions. We are demanding that the Olympics & Paralympic Games benefit working families – not just wealthy donors. #FairGames

"Mari" harvest peaches in CA San Joaquin Valley. She earns CA minimum wage. She works 8 hrs/day 5 days/week except when temps rise above 100°. It's hard. She worries about getting sick in the heat, but she also needs to pay her bills. #WeFeedYou

"Today in UFW History - 8/21/88: Cesar Chavez ended his 36 day fast over the pesticide poisoning of farmworkers & their children during a mass at the UFWs “Forty Acres” property attended by Ethel & Kerry Kennedy, Rev. Jessie Jackson and 1000s of farm workers and supporters.

Grape harvesting season is in full swing in Kern County CA. Workers tell us it was 94° at 11am. They shared that the labor is exhausting, but they know how to do it well. They earn minimum wage and this labor is what pays their bills. #WeFeedYou #calor

"Raul" sent us this photo from the sweet potato harvest. He shares the machine digs up the potatoes from the ground onto a conveyor belt. Then workers clean and sort the sweet potatoes by hand and put them in boxes. #WeFeedYou

"Ana" sent us this photo from where she was harvesting grapes in Kern County CA yesterday. It was 91° at 12 noon and felt even hotter under the dense grape vines as airflow is limited which creates a pocket of hotter temps. #WeFeedYou

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Temps were nearing 90° when this picture was taken at a field on CAs Central Coast. The leeks crew was focusing on finishing the days harvest. #WeFeedYou

If you drive around Kern County CA and see a lot of cars and umbrellas in the field, that means the grape season has begun. Si manejas por el condado de Kern, California, y ves muchos autos y paraguas en el campo, eso significa que la temporada de uvas ha comenzado. #WeFeedYou

Workers are harvesting tomatoes in CAs San Joaquin Valley. If you listen, you can hear the new technology that has a machine scan their badge to keep count the amount of the buckets they pick. Workers average 160 buckets and get paid 86 cents per bucket. #WeFeedYou

Workers are weeding the cilantro beds on their knees on CAs Central Coast. They are near the beach where it is damp. Some of the workers are wearing vinyl chaps on their legs to stay dry, while others don't have anything to protect themselves from the wet ground. #WeFeedYou

"Olivia" is harvesting bell peppers in the San Joaquin Valley. She took this video as she gets ready to start her work day as she wanted to show how long each row is. She gets paid California minimum wage and picks between 40-50 buckets in an 8 hour work day. #WeFeedYou

Here's a step in the leek harvesting process you might not have know about. Before the leeks are sent to the packing house, the loaders trim off the tops for final grocery store presentation. #WeFeedYou

"Eloy" is pruning citrus trees in CAs SJ Valley. He works 6-7 hrs/day. He shares: When it's hot, it feels very humid in the rows. When we pull dry branches from the tree we get scratches on our arms & hands. It's tough work, but it feeds my family. #WeFeedYou

8/17/73: Nonviolent vineyard striker Juan De La Cruz, 60, was shot & killed on a UFW picket line near Arvin, CA by a strikebreaker firing from a passing pickup truck. The UFW named our retirement fund, which pays pensions to retired UFW members the Juan De La Cruz Pension Plan.

In Western NY workers are pruning the apple orchards and doing last minute clean up in preparation for the harvest — which begins in the next 2 weeks. Temps are hitting the high 80s and w/the high humidity, it can feel like the '90s. #WeFeedYou

Tomato workers in CAs Central Coast are hard at work picking tomatoes. It's a difficult labor intensive job. They must bend over and run around with 20Ib buckets all day. "Juan" shares he has back problems from the work, but it puts food on his families table. #WeFeedYou

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Watermelon tastes amazing this summer. It was 92° when these Kern County farm workers were harvesting the melons this day. An average melon weighs 20 lbs. Workers toss them to each other as they put them in the trailer. #WeFeedYou