Labor
California Growers Look Immigration Reform Effects
California's Imperial Valley grew, in about 100 years, from a barren desert to the winter salad bowl of America after farmers found the Colorado River could be diverted to supply irrigation water. Now, nearly 125,000... more »
Contributing Editor Looks To Plow Fields — With A Pencil
I worked at a tool and equipment rental company for four summers during college and grad school. I could tell customers how to sand their floors, lay concrete or hydro seed a lawn, but I... more »
Flood of Immigrants Leads to Flood of Information
Ever feel flooded with too much information? Lost in a forest of statistics? You must be covering the national immigration debate. I feel your pain. I've been covering the debate for more than a year,... more »
Wappel Farms Thrives on Mint
Mint farming is a tricky business that involves specialized equipment, efforts to thwart soil disease and the constant threat of imports decreasing demand for American-grown mint, but Larry Wappel of San Pierre, Ind., has mastered... more »
Labor Contractor Accuses Grower Of Hiring Illegals
A farm-labor contractor is suing a grower in California for breach of contract. Though it sounds fairly straightforward, the case could be the opening of a new front in the ongoing war over illegal immigration.... more »
Little Farmer Learns To Survive In Big World
In many ways, Matt Roloff is your average farmer. He's 44. He owns Roloff Farms, a u-pick peach and pumpkin farm near Portland, Ore. He has a wife, Amy, and four kids: Jeremy, Zach, Molly... more »
Agriculture Sector Faces Labor Squeeze
Communicating the importance of a healthy farm sector is a continual challenge. The U.S.-produced food supply is facing dozens of serious and difficult issues including rising energy costs, labor, urban encroachment, unfair trade practices, taxes... more »
Funding Cutbacks Force North Carolina Extension To Be Creative
This is the third story in a series about the future of Extension. Mary Helen Ferguson just got a job as a county agent with North Carolina Cooperative Extension. It's the first step in her... more »
Sweet Corn Charlie: Season Extension Is Strategy For Success
If you can have sweet corn by the Fourth of July in northern Indiana, you'll grab customers and, if the corn's good enough, you'll keep them for the entire season. That doesn't mean knee-high corn... more »
Corporate Social Responsibility As Good As Good Government?
Back in "the old days," it was conventional wisdom that some people and most large corporations, given the opportunity, would do bad things sometimes, and it was the role of government to make or keep... more »
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