La Farmacia Popular

Farmworker Association of Florida, Inc.

Funding Received: 2016
Florida City, FL
$400,000
Funding Period: 2 years and 11 months
www.floridafarmworkers.org
Design & Architecture | Health | Suburban
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Community workshop on cultural and medicinal uses of herbs.
photo credit: Claudia Gonzalez
Farmworker children learning about cultural and medicinal uses of herbs.
photo credit: Lis-Marie Alvarado
Semillas. We practice and promote traditional seedsaving.
photo credit: Holly Baker
Farmworkers share the vision for La Farmacia Popular.
photo credit: Pia Desangles

The Farmworker Association of Florida is partnering with Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI) to create a "Farmacia Popular" (a People's Farmacy) for the migrant worker community.  Design thinking and community organizing will allow traditional knowledge and natural plants and herbs to be used to address the negative health impacts on this community from repeated exposure to pesticides.