5:30pm - 8:30pm

LOCATION: University of Minnesota St. Paul Campus, Cargill Building – Seminar Room 105

WEBSITE: http://umash.umn.edu/2016-umash-annual-forum/

1500 Gortner Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108

Promoting Health and Well-being in the Immigrant Workforce in Agriculture

Immigrant workers make up about a third of the hired labor force in agriculture and are critical to the success of this industry in the Upper Midwest. Please join us for a discussion of the role of immigrant workers in a changing agriculture industry in the Upper Midwest and the importance of, and opportunities and challenges in ensuring their health and well-being.

This event builds on the 2014 Finding Common Ground workshop “The Changing Agriculture Workforce” with a focus on the health and well-being of the immigrant workforce in agriculture.

This event is free and open to the public.  Space is limited.  Register by September 22, 2016. Online registration coming soon!