In 2010, Seth purchased a vegetable share from Grant Family Farms CSA, in Wellington, CO. Little did he know that a subcontractor had committed labor trafficking of undocumented workers 5 years prior, with a judge awarding $7.5 million to the 5 men for numerous violations of federal law in 2009. Seth tells their story, and how farmworkers are vulnerable to trafficking.
Sources:
- Fields of fear for Colorado illegal farm laborers, The Denver post
- Does v. Rodriguez, CaseText
- John Doe v. Moises Rodriguez, Sherloc
- Human Trafficking For Labor Purposes AnAnalysis Of Immigration Policy And EconomicForces Within The United States, University of Central Florida
- Grant Farms entity again files for bankruptcy, Coloradoan
- Subcontractor Scheming: Holding Agricultural Companies Liable for Human Trafficking, Human Trafficking Search
- Immigrant Workers in US Agriculture: The Role of Labor Brokers in Vulnerability to Forced Labor, Verité
- Colorado Legal Services
- Photo: Zimbio
