As much as 18% of the U.S. agricultural and farmworker population has tested positive for COVID-19 compared to 5% of the general population.

As farm work, and COVID risk, pick up through the spring and summer, getting vaccines into the arms of workers is a priority.

Vaccination of ag workers and families in Yakima Valley is now picking up thanks in part to more doses flowing in.

In one Colorado county, many Latinx people work in “essential” jobs and live with roommates or relatives, making them vulnerable.

The Urban Institute says more than half of Black, Latinx and Native American workers have jobs that put them at a greater risk.