The Global Food Chain and Child Labor Elimination in Agriculture and Fisheries
Channel: Havens Wright Center for Social Justice
Date: 2022-09-25

A lecture by Peter Hurst exploring the social injustice(s) at the heart of the use of child labor in the global food chain - in agriculture and fisheries.  

This event was co-sponsored by Global Studies, the UW Center for Cooperatives & the UW Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems at UW-Madison.

Peter Hurst has 23 years of international experience in over over 90 countries dealing with a wide spectrum of labor-related agricultural issues in the global food chain. His activities remain focused on: labor rights, standards, and working conditions for workers in agriculture, including migrant workers; sustainable agriculture, rural development, and world food security; the elimination of child labor; and safety, health, environmental, and pollution prevention issues, with a special focus on pesticides. Peter continues to work, train and publish extensively on these subjects for a range of governments, international organizations, trade unions, private companies, and NGOs. He is currently working in Malawi, especially with the National Association of Smallholder Farmers, on promoting youth employment in agriculture; and on health, safety and migrant workers’ issues with the National Fisheries Association of Thailand.