A version of this article originally appeared on The Conversation
How coronavirus threatens the seasonal farmworkers at the heart of the American food supply
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Michael Haedicke is a sociologist who focuses on the relationship between organizational processes and environmental change. He is the author of a book, Organizing Organic (Stanford University Press, 2016), which traces the development of organic farming and the organic foods industry in the United States.