Root Brothers Farms
Root Brothers Farms
[$5,178,599](source)
| Additional Public Information | Details |
|---|---|
| 2025 Migrant Worker Help Wanted | Around April 2025, Root Brothers Farms placed a request for an Agricultural Equipment Operator with an H-2A Visa. (source) |
| 2024 Employment of Migrant Workers | There have been at least 16 migrant workers employed by Root Brothers Farms since 2014. (source) |
| 2020 Paycheck Protection Program(PPP) | $160,553 was disbursed and forgiven to cover the pay of 22 employees. The PPP was a US government program that provided forgivable loans to small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. (source) |
| 2020 CORONAVIRUS FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM | $591,135 was disbursed to Root Brothers Farms due to market disruptions caused by COVID-19.(source) |
| 2014 FARM WORKER KILLED | Luis D. Larios-Hernandez was part of a crew working for Root Brothers Farms and lived in quarters owned by that farm in the town of Barre. The crew had been loaned to Kirby Farms in order to irrigate tomato plants.(source)(source) |
| 2009 WAGE AND HOUR VIOLATION OSHA | Root Brothers Farms was fined $17,813 for wage and hour related violations.(source) |
| 2002 FEDERAL LABOR TRAFFICKING CASE | Javier H. v. Garcia-Botello, 02-cv-523s, began in the summer of 2001 when Maria Garcia-Botello and her family recruited Hispanic laborers in Arizona to work for farmers in Orleans and Genesee counties. Root Brothers Farms was accused of hiring trafficked workers through Mrs Garcia-Botello.(source) |
Due to Root Brothers Farms’ reliance on migrant workers, the proudly proclaimed New York State Century Farm is considered a potential source of Mexican immigration into the United States.