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The National Grocers Association has sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging his administration to advance policies that encourage unemployed Americans to seek work.

Though the produce life is never without its problems, operators have had more to worry about after the COVID-19 pandemic.

A new survey by the Federation of Fruit Producers of Chile (Fedefruta) indicates more than half of fruit producers have workers shortages of between 50% and 70%.

You’ve got more than enough on your plate, but you know you need good people to make your business work.

The House of Representatives on March 18 passed H.R. 1603, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act by a 247-174 vote.

No one saw COVID-19 coming, and the disruptions it has created in the produce industry were profound.

With an online survey, The Packer is gathering input on labor conditions produce grower-shippers are experiencing.

Has the time finally arrived for immigration reform?

Washington state agricultural workers will start receiving overtime pay in 2022 and will have a 40-hour workweek by 2024.

Nearly 300 agricultural organizations called on U.S. Senate leaders to “develop and pass” legislation addressing agricultural labor reform.