This week we speak to some of the actual workers who have helped to put food on our plates through the seasonal agricultural workers program. We meet Javier Robles from KCR Community Resources and get a little bit of a sense of what activist and outreach workers are doing to help workers while they are here. Also, Pedro and Mishelle continue their conversation about each song in the cycle and play some earlier versions of “Tienes Trabajo”.

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Where does our food come from? Who grows it? Who is nourished by it? Made in Canada: an agricultural podcastgoes in-depth to illustrate the issues surrounding Canada’s migrant workers. We speak with activist, artist and experts on the Seasonal Agricultural Program in Canada and the injustices faced by the folks who ensure that Canadian stores, famers markets and plates have food. Working as a companion podcast to Made in Canada: an agricultural song cycle, we also go behind the mic for the creation of each song on the album week by week.

The podcast is written and narrated by Pedro Chamale, edited and co-produced by Kathleen Flaherty, and produced by Derek Chan and Howard Dai of rice & beans theatre. Made in Canada Song Cycle is possible by the support of The Canada Council for the Arts, The BC Arts Council, The Province of British Columbia, and the City of Vancouver. You can find out more about the Podcast and Made in Canada: an agriculture song cycle, or support us and purchase the album at micsongcyle.ca.

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