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Trump’s Draft Public Works Plan Asks Cities, States to Pony Up

Trump Farm-Bill Outline Emphasizes Work as a Food-Stamp Goal

Hundreds of mushroom industry growers, business leaders and researchers will gather in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 14-16 for the 25th North American Mushroom Conference.

Rouge River Farms, a sweet corn grower in Florida, Georgia, Virginia and Ontario, has all of its U.S. operations certified by the Equitable Food Initiative.

The 45th Annual Labor Relations Forum is set for Sept. 11-13 in Orlando, Fla.

The 45th Annual Labor Relations Forum is set for Sept. 11-13 in Orlando, Fla.

The U.S. Department of Labor has signed a bi-lateral cooperative agreement with Guatemala to improve transparency, accountability, and worker safety in the H-2A visa program for agricultural workers from Guatemala.

With two minimum wage increases in the past year for Ontario growers and another likely for next year, higher costs for labor have slowed any expansion ideas, some say.

Though the H-2A guest worker program has helped soften the crisis, farm labor remains a top issues for Santa Maria growers.