Teresa Cotsirilos

Mar 27, 2024 | thefern.org | Teresa Cotsirilos

Farmworkers and labor organizers from across North America will convene in New York City this weekend for a “people’s tribunal,” where they plan to produce a list of overarching priorities that will guide their organizing efforts going forward. The is the brainchild of the Food Chain Workers Alliance (FCWA), a coalition of advocacy groups fighting for food workers’ rights from farm to table.

Mar 24, 2024 | thefern.org | Teresa Cotsirilos

A coalition of public interest groups filed a civil rights complaint against California’s top water board last week, accusing the agency of perpetuating environmental racism along the state’s Central Coast.

Feb 21, 2024 | investigatemidwest.org | Teresa Cotsirilos |Sky Chadde

This article was originally published by FERN with media partner Mother Jones. Farm work has long been among the most dangerous jobs in America. But while Congress has had many chances to bolster labor protections in the 18 versions of the farm bill it has passed since 1933, it has instead largely ignored the needs of the workers who plant, tend, harvest, and process the nation’s food.

Feb 20, 2024 | thefern.org | Bridget Huber |Teresa Cotsirilos |Claire Kelloway |Lee Drutman

This Story’s Impact 8 million monthly web readers. 2 million monthly social users. For years, the Oneida Nation has been growing crops and raising cattle and buffalo on its 65,000-acre reservation near Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Feb 13, 2024 | motherjones.com | Teresa Cotsirilos

The farm bill is one of the most important but least understood pieces of US legislation, and it’s overdue for renewal. But Congress couldn’t pass a new version in the fall, reflecting partisan dysfunction and also a contentious debate about what the bill ought to be—a debate that has become ensnared in the nation’s culture wars.