It’s estimated that less than 20% of the population within our parish boundaries has completed and returned the US Census.  This is a huge danger for a brighter future.  Census data is used to form election districts and appropriate State…

Alma Patty Tzalain, a farm worker Western NY, had this opinion piece published in The New York Times. “I Harvest Your Food, Why Isn’t My Health ‘Essential’?” In it, Alma points out the painful choices farm workers face when they…

Your supermarket shelves are restocked because each and every day, thousands of farmworkers across New York are putting in long shifts to ensure there is no interruption to our food supply.  However, some employers are failing to take the necessary…