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Pandemic Impacts on Florida Farmworkers: Emerging Takeaways to Inform Outreach and Policymaking

Colby Silvert, Whitney A. Stone, John M. Diaz, and LaToya J. O’Neal


Release Date: 5/5/2025

Agriculture

Abstract

This publication aims to synthesize emerging takeaways from reporting and literature on the challenges experienced by US farmworkers during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting examples from Florida, when possible.

About this Publication

This document is AEC741, one of a series of the Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date December 2021. Revised August 2024 and April 2025. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Colby Silvert, graduate assistant; Whitney A. Stone, graduate assistant; John M. Diaz, assistant professor and Extension specialist, program development and evaluation, Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast REC, Plant City; and LaToya J. O’Neal, assistant professor and health and wellness Extension specialist, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

Authors

Colby Silvert
Colby Silvert

graduate assistant, Extension education, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication

Whitney Stone
Whitney Stone

graduate assistant, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, Gainesville, FL

John Diaz
John Diaz
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor and Extension specialist, program development and evaluation, Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Plant City, FL

LaToya O'Neal
LaToya O'Neal
Specialist
University of Florida

state program leader, health and wellness Extension; and associate professor, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences

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