Over eighty years of ministry with farm workers has convinced National Farm Worker Ministry that union contracts are the farm workers’ best hope for a better life. And so today, we congratulate the United Farm Workers of America and Threemile Canyon Farms for signing their first union agreement. We applaud the workers for the courage, persistence and commitment that they have demonstrated these last several years in standing up for their rights and we applaud Threemile Canyon Farms for recognizing those rights.

National Farm Worker Ministry is an interfaith organization made up of nearly forty national and regional religious groups. We are grateful for the trust which the farm workers placed in the faith communities to walk with them on the journey that resulted in this historic day. We look forward now to continuing on a road that leads to progress for all who contribute to the success of the agricultural industry in the Northwest. And we look forward to enjoying and promoting dairy products that are truly wholesome.

Virginia Nesmith
Executive Director