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Farmworker advocates ask Legislature to prioritize farmworker housing and create task force
Summary
A farmworker and community advocates told the Senate Agriculture Committee that Vermont needs more farmworker housing, including off‑farm and temporary shelters, and urged creation of a farmworker housing task force to develop recommendations.
Ernest (known locally as Buxtard), a farm worker from Milton, told the committee on March 26 that Vermont’s agricultural workforce is critical but lacks stable, affordable housing.
“We need a home. Farm workers and farmers and beginning farmers, we need a home,” Ernest said, citing National Farmworker Awareness Week and describing how farm workers come from diverse origins and often cannot access rental…
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