Eva Tesfaye, Harvest Public Media

Eva Tesfaye reports on agriculture, food and water issues for Harvest Public Media and the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk. She is based at KCUR 89.3 in Kansas City.

Stories by Eva Tesfaye, Harvest Public Media

Farmworkers take a quick break in a field in southeastern Iowa.

Poor Regulatory Safeguards Leave Farmworkers Suffocating in the Face of Increasing Heat Waves

By Mónica Cordero, Investigate Midwest, Eva Tesfaye, Harvest Public Media | September 4, 2023

A fifth of reported heat-related deaths are agricultural workers. Advocates are calling attention to the impact of climate change on this group from heat waves.

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