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  • These farmworkers created America's strongest workplace heat rules

    Nicolás Rivero Eva Marie Uzcategui

    February 17, 2024 |

    The Washington Post |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Immokalee, Florida

    To fight for safer working conditions, a coalition of farmworkers staged protests and led boycotts of corporations such as McDonald’s and Taco Bell, which helped persuade the companies to join their push for better treatment. This led to the creation of the Fair Food Program, an initiative that certifies farms that comply with strict safety standards and gives them access to some of the largest buyers of produce. Farms in 10 states now participate in the program, providing protections for roughly 20,000 workers.

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  • This unexpected material might be in your next sweater

    Nicolás Rivero

    February 12, 2024 |

    The Washington Post |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

    The Amsterdam-based startup Human Material Loop, collects human hair from salons and spins it into yarn to make clothing and furniture. It aims to keep hair out of landfills and incinerators while reducing the demand for synthetic fibers and wool, all of which produce greenhouse gases.

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  • The co-ops that electrified Depression-era farms are now building rural internet Audio icon

    Nicolás Rivero

    August 05, 2020 |

    Quartz |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Co-ops that have historically brought electricity and telephone services to rural America are now providing internet service. Broadband companies don't make a profit when covering a large area with limited households per mile so co-ops have filled the need under the "Smart Grid" program funded by the USDA. Thousands of households have been connected to fiber-optic internet as a result.

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