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Podcast: The Cosmopolitan
Episode: The Future of Wisconsin Dairy Farming
Description: Podcast: A Public Affair (LS 26 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: The Future of Wisconsin Dairy FarmingPub date: 2022-07-18Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization
Migrant workers make up the majority of the dairy workforce in Wisconsin. However, because there is no federal program for year-round agricultural work visas, most people producing milk across the nation are working illegally.
This connection between the U.S. dairy industry and workers from Mexico and Central America is at the center of journalist Ruth Conniff’s new...