About Us

Harvesting Justice is the blog of Farmworker Justice, a nonprofit organization that seeks to empower migrant and seasonal farmworkers to improve their living and working conditions, immigration status, health, occupational safety, and access to justice.

Contributors:

Bruce Goldstein is the Executive Director of Farmworker Justice. He joined the organization in 1988 as a staff attorney. He has a bachelor's degree from New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations (1977) and a law degree from Washington University in St. Louis (1980).

At Farmworker Justice, Bruce has focused on litigation and advocacy on immigration issues and labor law, with a special emphasis on the H-2A temporary foreign agricultural worker program. Bruce's activities on "guestworker" issues have included litigation against private employers and the government, advocacy in administrative agencies and Congress, training of lawyers and paralegals, building nation-wide coalitions, advising grassroots organizations, and testifying before Congress.

Shelley Davis, Deputy Director of Farmworker Justice, is an attorney with over twenty-five years of experience on pesticide and health and safety litigation. She is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College (1973) and Catholic University in Washington DC (1978). She has received the Reginald Heber Smith Award from the National Legal Aid & Defender Association and the Dragonfly Life-time Achievement Award from Beyond Pesticides. She serves on an EPA national advisory committe on pesticides and is a member of the Board of Directors of Beyond Pesticides.

Barb Howe is the Communications Coordinator at Farmworker Justice. She has a bachelor's degree in English Literature (1998) from the University of South Florida and an MA in International Relations (2007) from the University of Florida in Gainesville. She has been a freelance writer and photographer and worked as a part of an international team accompanying human rights workers and campesinos in rural Colombia.

Farmworker Justice was founded in 1981 and is based in Washington, D.C. Farmworker Justice works with farmworkers and their organizations throughout the nation. In 1996, Farmworker Justice became a subsidiary corporation of National Council of La Raza, the nation’s largest constituency-based Hispanic civil rights organization. Farmworker Justice maintains an independent Board of Directors and 501(c)(3) status as a charitable corporation.

How is Farmworker Justice funded? Through the generosity of people like you. Donations are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. We also receive grants from foundations and government agencies in recognition of the importance and high quality of our work.

Please visit www.farmworkerjustice.org for extensive information about labor rights immigration policy, health and safety and other information about migrant farmworkers.