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The Grateful Art of An Unexamined Healthy Life


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What does it mean to be healthy in this day and age? Rafael Hernandez (MBEP Housing Associate) and I discussed this question and simply caught up on life, health, and the pursuit of more housing for our fellow farmworkers and families living in the Pajaro & Salinas Valley. From discussions on healthy relationships, finding gratitude, and discovering how the naked truth about the overcrowded housing situation for most farmworkers has led to 972 COVID-19 patients in the agriculture sector (the most represented occupation in the recently published Monterey County Health Department study). 

Resources:

1. Farmworker Housing Study & Action Plan - https://www.co.monterey.ca.us/home/showdocument?id=63729&mc_cid=099efd8342&mc_eid=[UNIQID]

2. MBEP's "Addressing Farmworker Housing" - https://mbep.biz/news/adressing-farmworker-housing/?mc_cid=099efd8342&mc_eid=e081fb07a5
3. Monterey County Weekly's "Increased Temporary Ag Worker COVID-19 Housing" - https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/blogs/news_blog/gov-newsom-plans-increased-temporary-ag-worker-covid-19-housing-based-on-monterey-county-model/article_73771758-cdf0-11ea-bff9-37ea065e0b03.html

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