Labor
Heat and Ag Labor
State inspectors have begun checking fields and orchards to make sure growers are complying with Cal-Osha rules on heat illness prevention. abc 30 Click here to read the rest of the story. more »
Mexican Tariffs Answer U.S. NAFTA Breach
When the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect Jan. 1, 1994, it eliminated trade barriers between the United States' biggest trading partners. The agreement benefited U.S. agricultural producers to the tune of... more »
Farmers to Washington: We Need Guest Workers
The construction downturn has been a boon to farmers, as migrant workers in the region trade in their hammers for hoes. The Suffolk Times more »
More Unions Favor Legalizing Workers
The dynamics of the farm labor population have changed since C'sar Chavez and others began organizing workers in California's fields. SignOnSanDiego.com more »
Farm Workers Capture the Attention of Epicures
Do you remember Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez? Among farmworkers, it's a well-known name. Fresno Bee more »
Farmers Raise Pitchforks at Delays in Guest Worker Reform
Farmers are none too happy about the Obama administration's attempts to undo a change in migrant-worker regulations that President Bush pushed through before he left office. DemocratandChronicle.com more »
Florida Tomato Growers Create a Foundation for Farm Workers
Florida tomato growers want to combat the perception that they are not helping improve the lives of farm workers. The Miami Herald more »
Heat Stress Rule Enforcement Tightened
A series of critical heat illness prevention seminars has been launched across the Central Valley and other parts of California to train and prepare growers and farm labor contractors for the upcoming summer months. Central... more »
Growers Operate On-campus Farm Market
As spring was breaking, an unusual "marriage" was taking place in southeast Pennsylvania. Shady Brook Farm, one of the few remaining working farms in Bucks County just north of Philadelphia, had struck a deal with... more »
Study Pegs Value of Produce Industry at $554 Billion
The United States fruit and vegetable (including the mass-market portion of the floral industry) contributes $554 billion annually to the nation's economy. That's the finding of a study commissioned by the Produce Marketing Association (PMA)... more »
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