A Look Back at 2020
Outreach Events
The Outreach team organized and participated in 46 events, including virtual safety trainings, presentations, and radio interviews and reached 2,500 people.
Publications
WCAHS investigators published 22 reports in peer-reviewed journals discussing the results of their work.
Media Coverage
Investigators appeared in news articles 42 times in 2020 discussing research topics ranging from COVID-19, night work safety, heat-related illness, to the health impacts of wildfire smoke.
March 2020
- Kent Pinkerton in the LA Times: "Why is the coronavirus so much more deadly for men than for women?"
April 2020
- Christopher Simmons on Ag Information Network: "How does Recycling Hulls and Shells Help an Almond Orchard?"
- Heather Riden/WCAHS in:
- City of West Sacramento blog: "4/09/20 Update: Stay Home for Easter"
- Green Queen: "‘Essential’ But Unprotected, Farmworkers Live In Fear Of Covid-19 But Keep Working"
- Desert Sun: "'Do I buy paint or do I buy dinner?': Artists get creative in face of financial hardship"
- Vox: "Where the coronavirus is hitting rural America hard"
- Daily Mail: "Rural America braces to become the next coronavirus epicenter because of outbreaks at factories and food processing plants"
May 2020
- Heather Riden/WCAHS in:
June 2020
- Kent Pinkerton in ECNS: "Insufficient COVID-19 testing for U.S. public contributes to high death toll, says expert"
- Heather Riden/WCAHS in:
- Ag Information Network: "Farm Labor Resources for COVID-19"
- California Ag Today: "UC Conducts Survey of COVID-19 Prevention on Farms"
- Farm Progress: "UC conducts survey of COVID-19 prevention on farms"
- Farm Fresh Food Relief Program: "Joining the Farm Fresh Food Relief project was an obvious choice for us, and a great way to provide food to families who need it right now."
- Ag Net West: "UC Conducts Survey of COVID-19 Prevention on Farms"
July 2020
- Kent Pinkerton in AgriPulse: "Farmworkers, growers grapple with need for more COVID-19 tests and other resources"
- Heather Riden/WCAHS in:
August 2020
- Kent Pinkerton in The Sacramento Bee: "Does my COVID mask protect me from wildfire smoke? Experts answer key questions"
- Heather Riden/WCAHS in:
September 2020
- Kent Pinkerton in:
- Heather Riden/WCAHS in:
- World Socialist Web Site: "As Creek Fire become the largest in California history, farmworkers continue to labor without protection from smoke"
- The North Bay Business Journal: "Disruption of lives from the coronavirus disrupts Napa Valley agriculture"
- PSU Vanguard: "Farmworkers face unique challenges in a global pandemic"
October 2020
- Teresa Andrews in Napa Valley Register: "With harvest amid fire and smoke, how should Napa Valley protect its farmworkers?:
- Christopher Simmons on Ag Information Network: