ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the work of the Apopka area office. South Apopka has been the subject of many articles, books, and even short films, and after spending time there it is easy to see why. The Farmworker Association of Florida (FWAF) was founded informally in 1983 when farmworkers in Central Florida came together as a group to address the problems of the farmworker community. The chapter explores how the work done by the Farmworker Association of Florida is illustrative of the environmental justice concerns faced by workers in large-scale, conventional agriculture. Building on the background information provided about Farmworker Association of Florida, the chapter details the process claims/social dimensions of the plight of the farmworkers they serve, the evidence claims/environmental and structural dimensions of the injustice they face, and the justice claims/how the work of FWAF represents calls for recognition, participation, and capabilities within environmental justice.
