Migrant Justice
& Guillaume Binet

Soccer field at sunset; players on the pitch, spectators in the stands, and a group carrying a "Human Rights / Derechos Humanos – Migrant Justice" banner walks onto the field with a QR code sign.
Close-up of the "Human Rights / Derechos Humanos – Migrant Justice" banner carried by volunteers across the field, crowd blurred in the stands behind.
Two people wearing Migrant Justice t-shirts laughing together on the field, blurred crowd in the background.
A man standing in a dairy farm milking parlor, holding a bottle.
Close-up of a cow's udder connected to a milking machine, milk streaming onto the floor.
A woman walks through a milking parlor carrying a small item, seen past a cow framed in metal gate structure, blue buckets on the floor nearby.
Close, low-angle view of a woman working between cows' legs in a milking parlor.
Portrait of a woman standing in a milking parlor, rows of cows' legs and udders visible along the line, yellow hoses and machinery around her, another worker visible in the background.
A smiling woman walking through a barn among dairy cows.
A man in a cap walks past rows of cows in a barn aisle, one cow turning to look at the camera, another lying down in the foreground.
A woman climbs over a metal gate in a calf pen, several black-and-white Holstein calves with green ear tags standing nearby, parked cars and a farm building visible beyond the fence.
A man wearing safety glasses and a cap stands beside a cow, holding a green ear-tag applicator, barn interior behind him.
A woman wearing a Stitch t-shirt and a man stand together in a tiled milking parlor hallway, a black-and-white cow visible behind a metal rail, "LULUSH" written on the tile wall.
An elderly person's face reflected in a rain-streaked car window at night, "United Community Church" sign visible.
A boy and a young girl wearing name tags serve themselves from foil trays decorated with a small American flag, community hall.
Group of people linking arms, dancing and laughing indoors, balloons in the background.
People sitting and watching a projected video with subtitles reading "We are all human beings," room decorated with balloons.
A young woman speaks into a microphone while holding handwritten notes, seated group behind her, community meeting.
Crowd of people hugging and celebrating indoors, holding a "Justicia Migrante / Derechos" banner.
A woman in a car looks at a boy sitting in the back seat, nighttime scene, dark car window.
A man standing in a farmyard, pile of tires and silos in the background.
A woman laughs with a baby on her lap, other women sitting nearby outdoors, tattoos visible.
Two men on a porch, one leaning against a bicycle, reflection in a window.
A young man sitting in a hammock in the woods.
A man carrying a toddler walks through rows of a vegetable garden with a young woman, farm building in the background.
Silhouette of a man in a dim kitchen looking out the window, food cooking on the stove.
A smiling woman sits indoors near a fan, a "Guía de Remedios / Remedy Chart" poster and a cow photo on the wall behind her.
Two women in a living-room-style office space, one working on a laptop wearing a "Justicia Migrante" t-shirt, the other sitting with visible tattoos, a Palestinian flag on the wall behind them.
Two women pack up cardboard protest signs reading "ICE YA BASTA" and "¡NO MÁS... PO MIGRA" in a cluttered office, a man in a "Migrant Justice" t-shirt seated nearby, a butterfly costume prop in the background.
An older woman holds a sign reading "NO SIGN IS BIG ENOUGH TO LIST ALL OF THE REASONS I'M HERE," showing a weeping Statue of Liberty, an American flag beside her, another woman in a wide-brimmed sunhat in the foreground.
Overhead view of a woman carrying a child in a rainbow helmet down stone steps, a small girl standing near a bronze bear statue, a large hand-painted sign reading "NO MAS FRONTERAS" in the foreground.
Back view of a woman wearing a black-and-white checkered keffiyeh, looking down from a balcony at a large rally crowd below holding signs and a Palestinian flag.
Street march with women carrying a banner reading "Human Rights / Derechos Humanos – Migrant Justice," a Palestinian flag waving above, a man with a megaphone nearby.
Rally outside a building, a man holds a microphone for a Spanish-speaking woman to address the crowd, a "Human Rights – Migrant Justice" banner and monarch butterfly flag behind them, a small child running in the foreground.
Close-up of a woman lighting a candle for another woman holding a sign reading "I RESIST FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T," American flags and an "ICE OUT" sign nearby.
A woman in a purple top and curly gray-and-pink wig holds a sign reading "DEPORT HATE NOT PEOPLE," a crowd with more signs behind her.
Crowd marching with signs reading "Stop the ICE Kidnapping and Killing" and a crossed-out "ICE" with flames, a Palestinian flag and American flag overhead, backlit by the sun.
A red shopping cart loaded with protest signs sits in a dim office, a sign reading "ABOLISH ICE NOW!" lying on the floor nearby.
Family picnic in a park at sunset, people seated at a picnic table and in folding chairs near soccer goals, coolers and food spread on a table.
A tattooed woman sits in an armchair talking with a group of young people gathered around her in a room with a bookshelf and a sign reading "NO HUMAN BEING IS ILLEGAL."
Family picnic in a park at sunset, people seated at a picnic table and in folding chairs near soccer goals, coolers and food spread on a table.
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The PhotoBridge Project partnered with Migrant Justice in Vermont’s Champlain Valley to document the lives, labor, and experiences of women migrant farmworkers.What emerged was a participant-led portfolio photographed by Guillaume Binet and created with the migrant workers whose work sustains Vermont’s food system, bringing their stories and perspectives to audiences across the state and beyond.

Vermont – Migrant Justice: Voices from the Land

Vermont’s agricultural economy depends on an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 migrant farmworkers, yet their lives and contributions remain largely unseen by the wider public. Women are among the least visible, including Spanish-speaking dairy workers from Mexico and Guatemala and Jamaican seasonal orchard workers. Their essential work is often accompanied by geographic isolation and barriers related to gender, immigration status, and language. 

 

In 2026, The PhotoBridge Project partnered with Migrant Justice to document migrant farmworkers across the Champlain Valley. The women themselves are co-authors of how they are represented: participants help determine what is photographed, review the images, and contribute their own words and reflections in Spanish and English. 

 

The resulting portfolio documents their work, lives, and relationship with the food system they sustain. It will remain a resource for the community and Migrant Justice, providing images for organizing, advocacy, public engagement, and policy education, while bringing the women’s stories to wider audiences through exhibitions and a publicly accessible digital portfolio. 

About Migrant Justice

Migrant Justice is a migrant farmworker-founded and led organization working with farmworker communities across Vermont. Through deep, long-term relationships with farmworkers and their families, the organization supports community organizing and advocacy around the issues affecting their lives and work. Its relationships with farmworker families provide the foundation for this work, ensuring that the women participating in the project have a meaningful role in deciding how their lives and stories are represented.

 

This project was made possible by a grant from the Vermont Women's Fund and donations received through a Global Giving appeal.