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November 20, 2009
Outreach program targets Latino farmers in northern Michigan
November 19, 2009
70% of Cuba’s Farmland Threatened by Erosion
Video: Senator Menendez Speaks on Behalf of Hispanic Farmers’ Discrimination Lawsuit + update
November 16, 2009
Latino milkers and the recession
Retailers catering to the Hispanic consumer market in the U.S. are invited guests of Canada’s Beef Information Centre at a series of seminars in the next few months.
November 2, 2009
Impact of foreign-born dairy workers mostly positive in Idaho
A painful way to make a living, but for some migrants, little choice – farm workers in Ohio
Nine years and Hispanic farmers still waiting for discrimination suit ruling
Peru expects to export US $750 million in asparagus annually
October 29, 2009
As scientists race the clock to increase food production worldwide, new trials to plant genetically-modified maize have stoked anger in Mexico, the cradle of corn.
October 26, 2009
Fields Lost, Hispanic Farmers Find Other Work as a Legal Fight Drags On – (good read)
October 14, 2009
Farmers’ Latino lawsuit wends way through courts
October 12, 2009
Hispanic Farmers Fight To Sue USDA – In Texas and across the Southwest, Hispanic farmers have been fighting the Agriculture Department for close to a decade.
October 7, 2009
After a week in Washington, D.C., members of the California Latino Water Coalition said they were satisfied with their effort to educate federal officials about the Valley’s water woes.
Latino Farmers claim they were wiped out of business after flooding ruined their crops in the 1990’s. They also claim, however, the USDA didn’t help them recover, while they did offer assistance to white farmers. – Salinas, CA
October 2, 2009
Hispanic farmers voice discrimination concerns – In N.M. visit, agriculture secretary gets an earful on USDA loan practices
September 30, 2009
Peru will ban transgenic seeds until 2014, Minister Brack says
September 29, 2009
Sales agreements, financing options and market statistics are among the topics to be covered at an education workshop for Latino farmers Thursday. – Yakima, WA
Cuba admits failure to pay farmers on time
September 15, 2009
Cool Life magazine photo archive of migrant workers via Google Images
September 14, 2009
Argentine Cattle No Longer Just Home On The Range – ever so quietly, Argentina is increasingly fattening its herd in American-style feedlots.
September 1, 2009
Justice for Latino Farmers
Trabajadores agrícolas: los nuevos esclavos – Farmworkers are the New Slaves
August 25, 2009
State agency hears testimony on treatment of farm workers – Michigan
August 24, 2009
Consequences of the “Chilean Miracle”: The Salmon Farms and the Privatization of the Sea
August 16, 2009
Hundreds of farm workers in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur are being exploited by employers who trick them into believing they are in the United States and keep them in line with threats of deportation
August 4, 2009
California steps up efforts to prevent heat-related deaths among farmworkers
July 29, 2009
In Venezuela, Plantations of Cacao Stir Bitterness – The passions surrounding the crop have turned it into a contentious political issue
July 21, 2009
Pregnant farm workers exposed to pesticide drift while harvesting organic onions
Honduran military overthrew the democratically elected government of Manuel Zelaya two weeks ago there might have been a sigh of relief in the corporate board rooms of Chiquita banana,” writes journalist Nikolas Kozloff. “Earlier this year the Cincinnati-based fruit company joined Dole in criticizing the government in Tegucigalpa which had raised the minimum wage by 60%.” Kozloff goes on to trace Chiquita’s “long and sordid” political history in Central America.
June 24, 2009
SENATORS URGE SETTLEMENT IN USDA DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT BY HISPANIC FARMERS – Senators applaud settlement of similar suit by black farmers, say it is time to settle with Hispanic farmers
June 15, 2009
Hispanic Workers: A Growing Opportunity
June 11, 2009
Hispanic farmers struggling to survive against USDA-sanctioned discrimination and institutionalized racism
June 6, 2009
Hispanic farmers on Friday told a U.S. Department of Agriculture official that the federal agency in charge of helping farmers stay in business discriminated against them whenever they applied for loans.
May 29, 2009
LABOR SECRETARY HILDA SOLIS REVERSES BUSH’S ATTACK ON FARMWORKER LABOR LAWS – Groups applaud the suspension of a policy that slashes wages, worker protections
May 14, 2009
Vermont dairy farms count on illegal immigrants
March 10, 2009
Of Milk and Mexicans – Vermont farms vexed by migrant dilemma – As many as 2,000 Mexicans work on Vermont’s 1,100 dairy farms
February 22, 2009
In Loneliness, Immigrants Tend the Flock – Most borregueros speak no English; many have only a vague idea of where they are and no knowledge of their legal rights as documented immigrants. The herders enter the country under the H-2A temporary agricultural worker program, which allows companies to hire foreigners if no Americans want their jobs. (at $750 a month who would?)
February 20, 2009
Politics of the Plate: The Price of Tomatoes -If you have eaten a tomato this winter, chances are very good that it was picked by a person (a Latino) who lives in virtual slavery.
January 28, 2009
Argentina’s president declared an agricultural emergency Monday in the nation’s breadbasket provinces, responding to a key demand by powerful farm organizations amid the worst drought in decades.
December 28, 2008
Banned for years from the U.S. because it is a common carrier of the fruit fly, the Mexican guava is now being sold in Texas. The U.S. government lifted the ban in October after an agreement to irradiate the fruit was reached. The irradiation rids the guavas of any fruit flies.
There’ll be a dip in the avocado supply – Too-hot weather at the wrong time this year has caused a shortfall in the California crop. Prices are expected to creep up around late spring.
December 17, 2008
Ranchers-turned-missionaries use agriculture in Ecuador to start churches
December 15, 2008
Barack Obama’s election is rekindling the hopes of U.S. agribusiness for an end to the trade embargo with Cuba. At the least, farmers hope he’ll loosen restrictions on exports of American food.
December 10, 2008
Attention needed to prevent Hispanic worker deaths – Hispanic workers may be at higher risk for work-related death than other U.S. workers, a University of Iowa trauma investigator warns. “Iowa has many Hispanic workers, and they are doing jobs in industries like those highlighted in a recent national report,” said Murray Madsen, chief investigator Iowa Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (IA FACE) at the University of Iowa.
December 5, 2008
México presentó su primera denuncia penal por el cultivo ilegal de maíz modificado genéticamente en la tierra ancestral del grano, informó el secretario de Agricultura Alberto Cárdenas
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is lobbying for the selection of Colorado’s congressman John Salazar to be the next agriculture secretary.
December 2, 2008
Breaking a glass ceiling: will New Jersey get a Latino Secretary of Agriculture?
September 22, 2008
From New York Soil, the Taste of Home – Agustín Juárez maintains Mexican traditions on his labor of love, a small plot in Staten Island where he grows the vegetables and herbs of home.
September 10, 2008
Migrant workers fade from farms – Nebraska
September 8, 2008
Latinos take more prominent role as Western North Carolina farm owners
August 17, 2008
Why have California legislators allowed a sixth farm worker since May to die of heat stroke?
August 8, 2008
Los trabajadores mexicanos y los presos hispanos benefician a la agricultura de Colorado
July 22, 2008
FDA finds salmonella strain in Mexican-grown jalapeno pepper
Food rise has Bolivia’s coca farmers planting rice
July 21, 2008
Argentine Senate votes against hike in farm tariffs
States balk at checking farm workers’ documents
June 24, 2008
Border farmers seek change on guest workers
June 22, 2008
Beaufort Hispanic Life Safety Program Targets New Audience – South Carolina
Wiregrass Hispanic Community Is Rapidly Growing – Alabama
June 18, 2008
Hispanic Woman President is a Texas A&M First – Elsa Murano
June 11, 2008
DHS: Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Department of Commerce Secretary Gutierrez at the State of Immigration Address
June 10, 2008
Cuba’s urban farming program a stunning success
June 9, 2008
Yahoo! Telemundo Reveals BUZZ-worthy Searches for May, Highlights Top 10 Searches in Three Popular Search Categories
June 5, 2008
Gov. Sanford Signs Illegal Immigration Bill; Farmers Concerned – South Carolina
May 29, 2008
Aspen Latino Named Hispanic On-Premise Activation Agency for Absolut(R) Vodka
May 28, 2008
Geraldo Rivera: Secretary Chertoff, Call Off These Raids – Politics on The Huffington Post
May 27, 2008
Some US farms outsourced to Mexico
May 20, 2008
Chamber to unveal program to help non-English speakers – Greenville, South Carolina
May 14, 2008
Several Food and Drink Firms from Latin America are starting to Make Acquisitions in the US
May 13, 2008
Ways of Ancient Mexico Reviving Barren Lands – the traditional milpa
April 29, 2008
Ancient Sunflower Fuels Debate About Agriculture In The Americas – confirmed evidence of domesticated sunflower in Mexico — 4,000 years before what had been previously believed!
Jump in Fatalities of Latino Workers, Reports New AFL-CIO Death on the Job Study
U.S. raising more goats for meat
April 27, 2008
Latin America: The Downside of the GM Revolution
April 13, 2008
Mexican farmer honored for saving agriculture – Jesus Leon in San Isidro Tilantongo, Mexico wins $150,000 award for pioneering environmental activistism
March 24, 2008
Cuba moves to decentralize state-run agriculture
Labor shortage grows desperate for area farmers; Relief sought in state measure, but say U.S. reform needed – Colorado
March 18, 2008
New book spotlights the experiences of Mexicans in Chicago – entitled “In Mexican Chicago: Race, Identity, and Nation” by Gabriela Arredondo
Growing Latino market valuable for farmers
March 17, 2008
TOMA LECHE to Air ‘Milk-Benefit’ Tales
March 13, 2008
Hector V. Barreto, Jr. Joins Zana Network Advisory Board
February 20, 2008
The Christian Chronicle » A Conversation with Berto Murillo
February 11, 2008
Businesses need immigrant workers but extremists ‘are stirring the pots of hatred’ – Utah
February 7, 2008
Senator Ken Salazar Promotes Unity on ‘Issues: Caras Y Voces,’ Broadcast on Azteca America And Proyecto 40
February 4, 2008
Mexican produce trucks flood Nogales entry
January 29, 2008
Cesar E. Chavez National Holiday :: Carlos Santana, Martin Sheen and Edward James Olmos Agree to Co-Chair Effort to Win National Holiday for Farm Worker Leader Cesar E. Chavez
January 28, 2008
Oregon business group counters anti-illegal immigrant campaigns
Yakima conference offers advice for Latino small farmers – Washington
January 23, 2008
Texas A&M’s Borlaug Institute Helping Thousands of Guatemalan Farmers
January 22, 2008
granma.cu -California Agriculture Secretary visits Cuba
January 15, 2008
Mexican avocado exporters group sues California Department of Food and Agriculture
January 14, 2008
Farm Bureau Calls for Immigration Reform
January 10, 2008
Roots: Cuban-American farmers in the Redland – Florida
January 4, 2008
Elsa Murano wastes no time taking Texas A&M reins
