Rotten asparagus and just-in-time workers: Canadian agricultural industry framing of farm labour and food security during the COVID-19 pandemic

Name: Rotten asparagus and just-in-time workers: Canadian agricultural industry framing of farm labour and food security during the COVID-19 pandemic
Published: 2025-03-19
License: Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0

Anelyse Margaret Weiler; Evelyn Encalada Grez

doi:10.15353/cfs-rcea.v9i2.521

Rotten asparagus and just-in-time workers: Canadian agricultural industry framing of farm labour and food security during the COVID-19 pandemic

By Anelyse Margaret Weiler, Evelyn Encalada Grez

In early stages of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian farming industry expressed panic that travel restrictions could disrupt the arrival of migrant farmworkers from the Majority World. In this Perspective essay, we consider how farm…

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