{"id":1051,"date":"2026-04-13T19:49:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farmstand.chee.studio\/child-farmworkers-suffer-in-our-food-system-will-the-supreme-court-make-things-worse\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T18:26:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T18:26:27","slug":"child-farmworkers-suffer-in-our-food-system-will-the-supreme-court-make-things-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/es\/child-farmworkers-suffer-in-our-food-system-will-the-supreme-court-make-things-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Farmworkers Suffer in Our Food System. Will the Supreme Court Make Things Worse?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Georgia Tuckerman, Spring 2026 Legal Intern<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A fair food system produces food that is nourishing and safe to eat. That food emerges from soil that is fertile and rich, rather than depleted by cancer-causing pesticides and herbicides. In a fair food system, the farmworkers that harvest our food are treated with dignity and fairly paid. And those farmworkers do not face <a href=\"https:\/\/nfwm.org\/news\/hazardous-and-unsanitary-working-conditions\/\">life-threatening dangers<\/a> as they work to put food on the table for their families and for ours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is easy to sit down at the dinner table each night without thinking about where our food came from, or how it arrived at our plates. I imagine most Americans would be appalled to learn that the food in front of them could have been harvested by a child. Children as young as 12 can <em>legally<\/em> work in agriculture. In practice, children younger than 12 often work on farms because of lax oversight and enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many also overlook our food system\u2019s overreliance on noxious pesticides, many of which are banned around the world. Paraquat, for instance, is widely used in the U.S. but is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewg.org\/news-insights\/news\/2026\/02\/state-bills-show-building-momentum-ban-toxic-weedkiller-paraquat\">banned in over 70 countries<\/a>. It is linked to Parkinson\u2019s disease, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and childhood leukemia. Glyphosate, the most common pesticide in America, is linked to <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.gmu.edu\/news\/2025-06\/international-study-reveals-glyphosate-weed-killers-cause-multiple-types-cancer\">cancer<\/a> y <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iarc.who.int\/featured-news\/media-centre-iarc-news-glyphosate\/\">damage<\/a> to DNA in humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The combination of America\u2019s dependence on these dangerous chemicals, along with Big Ag\u2019s child-labor loophole, creates a perfect storm. Children, with underdeveloped organs and immune systems, work near toxins that their still-developing bodies are less capable of processing. This puts them in danger of lasting harms, like <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC5813803\/\">cancer and neurological damage.<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-dark-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">At the heart of the issue are corporations that value profits above all else and the politicians who enable them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Child labor laws exempt children working in agriculture from the protection guaranteed to children in virtually every other industry. Under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dol.gov\/agencies\/whd\/fact-sheets\/40-child-labor-farms\">the Fair Labor Standards Act<\/a>, children as young as 12 can work unlimited hours in non-hazardous jobs on farms, so long as they have parental consent and work outside school hours. This means <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/report\/2010\/05\/05\/fields-peril\/child-labor-us-agriculture\">preteens<\/a> work tirelessly on weekends and school vacations. At 16, children in agriculture can do full-time, hazardous work. In other sectors, workers must be at least 18 to perform hazardous work. Big Ag takes advantage of our weak child labor laws to exploit migrant children in particular, many of whom grow up in poverty and work to support their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This exemption is a striking example of <a href=\"http:\/\/farmstand.org\/es\/the-racist-roots-of-industrial-ags-favorite-loopholes\/\">agricultural exceptionalism<\/a> \u2014 a phenomenon where federal and state governments refuse to apply basic laws to agriculture that apply to all other industries. Agricultural exceptionalism has its roots in <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalaglawcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/assets\/bibarticles\/linder_racial.pdf\">racist policies<\/a> meant to exploit Black workers, and it continues to harm farmworkers who are overwhelmingly Black, Latino, or non-US citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5686 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-from-rawpixel-id-3306839-original-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Farmworkers harvest strawberries in a field, and load full cartons onto a truck.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To make matters worse, the \u201chazardous\u201d distinction and school hour and consent requirements are weak guardrails to protect kids. \u201cNon-hazardous\u201d work still includes livestock handling like feeding, cleaning, and herding animals that can kick, bite, and trample children. It includes collecting eggs and poultry, which exposes children to pathogens like salmonella. \u201cNon-hazardous\u201d work also includes long hours harvesting crops under the barrage of extreme heat, sun exposure, and dehydration. The fields where children labor are often heavily treated with pesticides, which children inhale and touch while handling crops. And in many cases, children working <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/report\/2010\/05\/05\/fields-peril\/child-labor-us-agriculture\">at ages younger than 12<\/a> because of minimal government oversight are left unprotected by the minimal protections that do exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Child labor exemptions, however, are not enough for Big Ag. Now, it hopes to escape responsibility for its products causing cancer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/cases\/case-files\/monsanto-company-v-durnell\/\">On April 27, 2026<\/a>, the Supreme Court will hear <em>Monsanto Company v. Durnell<\/em>, a case about whether federal pesticide labeling law preempts state failure-to-warn lawsuits. Durnell developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of blood cancer, after using Roundup weedkiller, which contains glyphosate. He sued, and a Missouri jury <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/2026\/01\/dockets-on-maximum-overdrive-seventeen-new-relists-involving-ten-issues\/\">awarded him $1.25 million<\/a>, finding that Monsanto failed to warn him of the product\u2019s cancer risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bayer, Monsanto\u2019s parent company, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/24\/business\/roundup-settlement-lawsuits.html\">has already paid over $10 billion<\/a> to settle claims that Roundup and glyphosate caused cancer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iarc.who.int\/featured-news\/media-centre-iarc-news-glyphosate\/\">The World Health Organization\u2019s International Agency for Research on Cancer<\/a> (IARC) concluded that glyphosate is probably carcinogenic to humans. Now, Monsanto is asking the Supreme Court for immunity from lawsuits brought by farmers and consumers who developed cancer after using its product.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-dark-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\">Monsanto and Big Ag industry groups like the Farm Bureau like to pretend that their business benefits all \u2014 to feed the world, they say, American farmers need Roundup, and the health impacts aren\u2019t really so bad anyway.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But FarmSTAND and real farmers are standing up to these lies. On behalf of farm and farmworker organization, <a href=\"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/es\/caso\/no-corporate-impunity-for-roundup-monsanto-v-durnell\/\">FarmSTAND filed a \u201cfriend of the court\u201d brief with the Supreme Court<\/a>, calling out that Monsanto\u2019s chief concern is corporate profits, not protecting famers, farmworkers, and their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our government should act to protect vulnerable people from harm. Instead, Big Ag\u2019s strong influence over the Trump Administration and regulators results in policies that prioritize corporate interests over public health. &nbsp;The federal government defends Monsanto and promotes Roundup sales. Despite IARCs research and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/07\/13\/united-states-should-ban-use-glyphosate-food-crops\">other countries<\/a> restricting its use, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/ingredients-used-pesticide-products\/glyphosate\">the EPA<\/a> maintains that glyphosate is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In February, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/18\/us\/politics\/trump-boost-weedkiller.html\">President Trump issued an executive order<\/a> to increase production of glyphosate-based herbicides. And at the Supreme Court, Solicitor General of the United States John Sauer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/24\/24-1068\/386073\/20251201170732560_24-1068%20--%20Monsanto%20v.%20Durnell.pdf\">went to bat for Monsanto<\/a>, urging the Court to review the case and rule in Monsanto\u2019s favor. If Monsanto (and the federal government) gets their way, Monsanto will effectively be saved from facing many future lawsuits. The critical legal theory in Roundup litigation, the one Durnell\u2019s case relies on, could vanish. Bayer itself has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bayer.com\/media\/en-us\/bayer-welcomes-the-us-supreme-court-decision-to-review-the-durnell-case-in-the-roundup-litigation\/\">proudly stated<\/a> that victory at the Supreme Court would \u201csignificantly contain\u201d Roundup lawsuits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El <a href=\"https:\/\/earthjustice.org\/article\/pesticides-taking-toll-on-farmworkers\">stakes are high<\/a> for child farmworkers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2015-12\/documents\/pest-impact-hsstaff.pdf\">The EPA itself says children have developing nervous, immune, and digestive systems<\/a>, making it more difficult for them to detoxify and excrete foreign chemicals. Without strong defenses, children exposed to pesticide chemicals face an elevated risk of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2214750024002233\">developing severe diseases later in life<\/a>. That\u2019s why our nation\u2019s laws and regulations ought to shield children from exposure to chemicals their bodies cannot protect themselves from. If Monsanto prevails, farmworkers that develop cancer will largely lose their right to sue, and the children and families who live near glyphosate-sprayed fields will suffer as Monsanto enjoys impunity for its harms.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-dark-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\">Our food system shouldn\u2019t be controlled by powerful corporations who re-write the rules to escape responsibility for harm they cause.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FarmSTAND is fighting for a fair and healthy food system that protects everyone, especially vulnerable children. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve asked the Supreme Court to listen to the real people who make up our food system, not the corporate executives who exploit us for profit. It\u2019s also why we work to <a href=\"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/es\/why-big-ag-makes-children-do-their-dirty-work\/\">bring attention to the gaping holes in labor laws<\/a>, such as child labor bans and overtime requirements, that exempt farm work from protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We need better laws and enforcement that stop Big Ag from exploiting children for profit. Lawmakers must close the loopholes in child labor laws, which put children in danger and at risk for deadly diseases later in life. The Supreme Court must reject Monsanto\u2019s appeal and preserve state failure-to-warn claims. At FarmSTAND, we will remain on the front lines, refusing to give Big Ag a free pass to endanger its workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fair food system produces food that is nourishing and safe to eat. 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