Shutterstock In the face of the ongoing formula shortage, lack of opportunities to pump at work is a problem with life-or-death repercussions This story was originally published on Civil Eats . Laura Morello, a farmworker from McMinnville, Oregon, worked in the fields, pruning plants, until the day before she went into labor on June 3. Even though Morello, 33, knows she can take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave under the Oregon Family Leave Act beginning in the late stages of pregnancy, she learned from her experiences with her older children, who are now 6, 11, and 14, that she can’t afford to use time away from work for anything other than caring for and nourishing her baby. She has always had trouble producing enough milk, so she gave her older children a mix of breast milk and formula. This time is no different, except that Morello — like so many parents — can’t find formula for her baby . “I was very, very nervous about the formula shortage [before giving birth],” Morello ...