This conference explores themes related to the different components of the States of Incarceration Exhibit, highlighting the local history of Seabrook Farms, which was a significant contribution to the national exhibit, designed and curated by Rutgers University students working alongside Professor Andy Urban.

The first panel is centered on perspectives from the front lines of the movement to advocate for agricultural workers and features representatives from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, the Campaign for Fair Food and CATA: The Farmworker Support Committee, who will discuss pressing issues such as immigration raids, sexual harassment, and wage theft. Participants will also highlight worker activism, campaigns directed at consumers, and how members of the Rutgers community can take action.

The second panel explores the daily practices, resistance efforts, and difficulties that come with navigating life outside of prison, particularly in Cumberland County, where Seabrook Farms operated, which now houses county, state, and federal prisons. Panelists will offer their perspectives on the challenges faced by formerly incarcerated individuals and share their experiences related to parole and release in Bridgeton, NJ.

The conference will close with a keynote by scholar and writer, John Seabrook. Seabrook is the grandson of C.F. Seabrook, the founder of Seabrook farms. John is currently working on a family history that explores the company's rise to national prominence as the leading producer of frozen foods. For this talk he will connect his findings to the conference panels, and address why more critical histories and contemporary understandings of agricultural labor and production in southern New Jersey are necessary.