There are an estimated 17,600 migratory and seasonal agricultural workers and their families in the Connecticut River Valley. These essential workers experience tremendous challenges to accessing quality healthcare, such as linguistic and cultural factors, long hours of daily work, difficulty navigating the healthcare system, and a transitory lifestyle that makes it difficult to establish a medical home with a primary care provider.
About Us
We partner with health centers and other stakeholders to provide health services and address social determinants of health for the farmworkers who feed the world.
Our Mission
We are passionate about access to quality, community-based care for farmworkers and their families in the Connecticut River Valley. We partner with health centers, and service agencies to provide outreach, primary care, and social services to eligible farmworkers.
Our Approach
Where We Work
Our work is focused in the Connecticut River Valley, the largest agricultural region in New England. The “Valley” extends south from the Massachusetts border with New Hampshire and Vermont through Connecticut to the Long Island Sound. Significant numbers of migratory workers and seasonal agricultural workers enter the Valley each year to plant and harvest crops and reside in these communities. Crops include apples, strawberries, cucumbers, tomatoes, potatoes, leafy greens, pumpkins, peppers and a variety of other fruits and vegetables, as well as nurseries and broadleaf and shade tobacco. The Valley includes sparsely populated rural areas and cities with suburban communities.
