Summary: FAIR DEAL FOR FARMERS. From now until March, Latino and women farmers can file claims with the United States Department of Agriculture for compensation if they can prove they were denied loans for discriminatory reasons. Some farmers say the $1.3 billion dollars set aside for this purpose is not enough to compensate those who faced discrimination for so long. Guest: Modesta Salazar, Farmer, Pearsall, TX; Juan García, Administrator, Farm Service Agency, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Washington, D.C., www.usda.gov ALSO, FARMWORKERS GO ORGANIC. A growing number of Latino farmworkers are leaving the fields laced with pesticides and training to becoming organic farmers in charge of their own farms. This edition includes interviews with farmworkers gone organic and activists working to overcome the barriers Latinos often face to enter this Anglo-dominated workforce. Guests: Alejandro Tecum, Director of Adelante Agricultura, Adelante Mujeres, Forest Grove, OR, www.adelantemujeres.org; Reyna Rojas, Organic farmer, Hillsborough, OR.
