Date of Completion
2025
Document Type
Honors College Thesis
Department
Political Science Department
Thesis Type
College of Arts and Science Honors, Honors College, Environmental Studies Electronic Thesis
First Advisor
Leigh Raymond
Keywords
Environmental Policy, Act 154, Migrant Farmworkers, Environmental Justice, Vermont Environmental Justice, Pennsylvania Environmental Justice
Abstract
This investigative analysis looks at Act 154, the Environmental Justice Law of Vermont and how migrant Latine dairy farmworkers can be better incorporated into its statute and implementation process. These recommendations are built off three sub research questions. The first question looks at environmental justice challenge research from migrant farmworker expert interviews and previous literature. The second question directly examines Act 154 with legislative documentation analysis, implementation meeting viewing, and VT policymaker interviews. This research shows how VT migrant farmworkers are included and why, as well as potential problems for a lack of VT migrant farmworker voices in the implementation process and law. The third question is a comparative state analysis with policy and governmental report reading comparing what Pennsylvania’s EJ PA Policy has done to bring migrant farmworkers into the EJ conversation and how VT can apply these suggestions. Recommendations are given based off the three-pronged research approach that emphasizes how VT migrant farmworkers can be brought into increased meaningful participation under Act 154.
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Recommended Citation
Palmer, Alexandra (Ali), "An Investigative and Comparative State Analysis of Environmental Justice Policy Recommendations for Vermont Migrant Farmworkers" (2025). UVM Patrick Leahy Honors College Senior Theses. 744.
https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/hcoltheses/744
