Seth M. Holmes

Seth M. Holmes is a physician and anthropologist, who works on social hierarchies, health inequities, and the ways in which such asymmetries are naturalized, normalized, and resisted in contexts of transnational im/migration, agro-food systems, and health care. He is the author of “Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States” and has written for social science and medical journals as well as popular media such as The Guardian, The Hill, and The Huffington Post and been interviewed on NPR, Pacifica Radio and Radio Bilingue programs. He is Principal Investigator of the transnational research project, FOODCIRCUITS: Hidden Connections Between Migrants and Societies and is a 2026 President’s Faculty Fellow at UCDC Washington Center focused on policy solutions for migrant farmworker health.

‘Farm to Fork’ Misses a Key Ingredient of the Food System: Families

Extended transnational families form a core, essential part of the food system, making possible a multi-billion dollar agricultural industry. Whether family members are forced to move or forced to stay informs how produce, money, and workers flow.

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Seth M. Holmes

‘Farm to Fork’ Misses a Key Ingredient of the Food System: Families