Emma Scott

Emma Scott is an associate professor and director of the Food and Agriculture Clinic at Vermont Law and Graduate School. Her work focuses on food-system policy and workers, including farmworker protections and agricultural labor policy.

Food Workers’ Essential Role Has Not Translated Into Pay or Power

The food economy depends on workers who often lack fair pay, safe conditions, a voice at work and a share in business growth. In a panel on food justice, the speakers present different ways to build worker power and share value, from collective organizing to employee ownership. They do not treat any one model as a substitute for workers’ voice or the power to make institutions respond.

The Aspen InstituteOct 2, 202615 min read