A Salinas grower and the union bet that a new contract will become an alternative to employing guest workers.
agriculture
Posted inWorking in America
Braceros Strike After One Worker Dies
Risking deportation, Washington state farmworkers protest dangerous conditions in the fields.
Posted inWorking in America
Can Organic Farming and Unions Transform California’s Hottest Farm Belt?
Combined, they have to power to improve the lives of farmworkers and save the Salton Sea.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Can a Revamped Farmworker Visa System Prevent Abuses?
Foreign nationals who work on American farms remain vulnerable to exploitation by employers who rely on a temporary agricultural visa employment program.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Forget GMOs. Pesticides Pose the Real Risk
Rather than worrying about unsubstantiated risks from GMOs, Americans should worry about the real risks pesticides pose for people in the communities that feed the nation.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Plowed Under
Across the northern plains, native grassland is being turned into farmland at a rate not seen since the 1920s. The environmental consequences could be disastrous.
Posted inEconomic Policy
As Common As Dirt
In the fields of California, wage theft is how agribusiness is done.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Corn, Corn Everywhere, But Not a Bite to Eat
Last week, the United States Department of Agriculture released a report on the state of the country’s corn, and the verdict is not good. The report-the first that estimates production based on surveying the fields of U.S. farmers-shows that farmers are on track to produce 10.8 billion bushels of corn this year, a 17 percent […]