Human Resources
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%.
The expensive commitment to automate farm labor is gaining momentum with the COVID-19 pandemic, Phil Martin says.
Organic produce trade organizations seem optimistic about the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden and his appointment of Tom Vilsack as secretary of agriculture.
Tacoma, Wash.-based Cierto, a recruiter of H-2A workers for U.S. growers, has received an $800,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation.
While political and economic reverberations of the pandemic will rattle the globe for decades to come, how successfully humanity comes out of this pandemic will affect not just health of populations and economies.
Another Congress, another attempt at immigration reform.
Tom Karst, Ashley Nickle and Amy Sowder discuss some of the top stories of the week, from immigration reform to PBH’s new State of the Plate report to new numbers on satisfaction with online grocery shopping.
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.
Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and certification organization, announced that the Walmart Foundation has awarded it a new one-year grant of $700,000.
Some mushrooms are missing, and it’s the labor shortage’s fault.
President Joe Biden introduced ambitious immigration reform legislation on his first day in office that seeks to legalize millions of undocumented workers.
About 1,400 workers from the Teamsters Local 202 labor union ended their strike at Hunts Point Produce Market, Bronx, N.Y., after almost a week, with an agreement on their wage increase.
The Equitable Food Initiative is celebrating National Farmworker Awareness Week by offering growers and other stakeholders a free communications toolkit.
Irvine, Calif.-based Western Growers has teamed with CDFA Secretary Karen Ross to launch a statewide initiative to cultivate a farm workforce that can handling advancing technology.
A U.S. Supreme Court decision in a California case involving labor unions and property rights could affect the entire nation’s agriculture employers and employees.
The National Council of Agricultural Employers announced today that the Council’s ongoing collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control has resulted in another opportunity to protect farmworkers from COVID-19.
Is this finally the year for immigration reform for ag employers?
October has not been kind for advocates for farm labor reform.
Don’t put off immigration reform any longer.
Farmers, dreamers and business owners from across the Midwest will join the American Business Immigration Coalition for a virtual event called Expanding the Midwest’s Workforce Through Commonsense Immigration Reform.
Equitable Food Initiative is celebrating National Food Safety Education Month by encouraging growers and agricultural associations to share their commitment to food safety.
In response to passage of AB 616 by the California State Legislature Western Growers President & CEO Dave Puglia issued the following statement:
The National Council of Agricultural Employers filed an inquiry with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Agricultural groups in California are expressing appreciation for Governor Newsom’s veto of AB 616.