To Live and Die as a Colorado Farmworker
About this episode
The episode explores the tragic deaths of farmworkers in Colorado due to toxic gas exposure and highlights the broader issues of safety and anonymity in agricultural work.
In the summer of 2025, six workers died from toxic gas exposure at a Colorado dairy farm. Safety advocates say the deaths were utterly tragic, but entirely avoidable. Across the country, most farm workers are injured or die in anonymity. But the scale of this agricultural incident – described as the deadliest in recent Colorado history – makes it impossible to ignore. So we go to Colorado to show what it’s like to live and die as a dairy farmworker. Latino USA is the longest-running news and culture radio program in the U.S., centering Latino stories and hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa. Follow the show to get every episode. Want to support our independent journalism? Join Futuro+ for exclusive episodes, sneak peeks and behind-the-scenes chisme on Latino USA and all our podcasts. Follow us on TikTok and YouTube . Subscribe to our newsletter . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
People in this episode
Host: Maria Hinojosa
Topics covered
- farmworker safety
- toxic gas exposure
- agricultural incidents
- worker rights
- Latino stories
Keywords
- farmworker
- Colorado
- toxic gas
- safety
- agriculture
- worker deaths
- Latino USA
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Latino USA
Places: Colorado, Colorado dairy farm
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