Planting Justice
Planting Justice (Sembrando Justicia) brings together plant nursery workers, consumers, and community allies to ensure respect for human rights in the plant industry.
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The Human Rights
Crisis in Nurseries
The Workers Who Grow Our Houseplants
Florida is the top producer of indoor houseplants and tropical foliage in the United States, providing about 69% of the nation’s indoor foliage. Miami-Dade leads the state with over 1,500 plant nurseries that supply plants to consumers, home improvement stores, corporate retailers, landscapers, and government bodies nationwide. In Florida, thousands of plant nursery workers make this industry possible by planting, cultivating, harvesting, and packaging plants for millions of consumers across the United States.
Most of these workers are immigrants from Latin America and the Carribbean, and the majority are women. Despite working in a billion-dollar industry, plant nursery workers in Florida are facing a human rights crisis that remains largely invisible to the average consumer, including poverty wages, lack of benefits, sexual harassment and violence, dangerous exposure to pesticides, and lack of protections from extreme heat. We are organizing to transform these conditions and secure dignified working conditions for all.
2024 Worker Survey
The Human Landscape
Wages and Working Conditions of Plant Nursery Workers in South Miami-Dade
A Worker-Driven Solution
Planting Justice is a project driven by hundreds of plant nursery workers in South Florida, the national epicenter of the houseplant industry. On September 1, 2024, WeCount! hosted our first-ever Planting Justice Assembly with workers and allies to launch our new project and chart a new path in the industry. Check out the video and photos from our Assembly!
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