Emery Harwell
Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers in Digital Inclusion Planning in North Carolina
Digital exclusion is a challenge in rural North Carolina, where agriculture is the leading industry. Agricultural workers such as migrant and seasonal farmworkers are disproportionately impacted by digital exclusion. As part of an effort to address digital exclusion, funders and state agencies in NC have promoted the development of county and regional plans for digital inclusion. From July 2023 to July 2024, we identified a total of 30 digital inclusion plans that covered 50 of NC’s 100 counties.