Under the Blazing Sun: Florida's Farmworkers Face a Future of Unrelenting Heat

Imagine, if you will, laboring under a sun that doesn’t just shine, but presses down, relentlessly, like a physical weight. For Florida’s farmworkers, this isn't some dystopian novel; it's their daily reality, a brutal rhythm dictated by crops and a climate that, honestly, is growing more unforgiving by the year. And a new, rather stark study, birthed from the minds at Climate Central and Duke University, has just laid bare a future that’s not merely warmer, but potentially — and tragically — deadly for these essential, yet often unseen, individuals.

It’s no secret, of course, that working outdoors in Florida, especially during the spring harvest when fields burst with produce, is tough. We all know that. But this research, it paints a picture far more grim than simply