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February 20, 2012
Native Farmers in Mexico Help Drive Local Eco-Friendly Farming
from ipsnews.net :: Tagged agriculture, farm, Mexico
Can U.S. Department of Agriculture Make Good With Female, Hispanic Farmers?
from npr.org :: Tagged agriculture, farm, government
February 14, 2012
Once shunned and largely ignored, Hispanic ranchers and other descendants of people who received Spanish land grants are flexing their political muscles in New Mexico.
from realclearpolitics.com :: Tagged farm, New Mexico
February 4, 2012
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announces improved process to resolve Hispanic and women farmer discrimination claims
from agriview.com :: Tagged agriculture, discrimination, farm, government
January 30, 2012
Kansas agriculture secretary asks DHS to legitimize illegal immigrant farm labor
from news.yahoo.com :: Tagged agriculture, Department of Homeland Security, farm, Kansas
Farmers, immigrants unite against E-Verify in Washington State
from seattletimes.nwsource.com :: Tagged agriculture, E-Verify, farm, migrant, Washington
Georgia: Some 26% of those responding to a recent survey – about 125 farmers – lost $10 million as a result of a lack of laborers – (thanks to the anti-immigrant law)
from timesenterprise.com :: Tagged agriculture, farm, Georgia, survey
January 26, 2012
A growing group of successful Latina entrepreneurs are serving as role models for the next generation of food artisans and farmers with Latin roots – California (nice story)
from sfgate.com :: Tagged California, entrepreneur, farm, latina
January 22, 2012
huffingtonpost: Eric Jensen Of Listeria-Tainted Cantaloupe Farms Is Fined For Provide Inadequate Migrant Worker Housing
from huffingtonpost.com :: Tagged agriculture, farm, farm worker
January 20, 2012
latino.foxnews: Farmers Brace for Changes Under Tough Immigration Laws
from latino.foxnews.com :: Tagged agriculture, farm
January 4, 2012
latino.foxnews: Georgia Survey Finds Farmers Are Having Hard Time Replacing Migrant Workers – By Elizabeth Llorente
from latino.foxnews.com :: Tagged agriculture, Elizabeth Llorente, farm, Georgia, survey
December 20, 2011
PR: ANOTHER CHRISTMAS WITHOUT JUSTICE FOR HISPANIC FARMERS
:: Tagged agriculture, farm, lawsuit, White House
December 12, 2011
necn: Hispanic workers populate large dairy farms in South Dakota
from necn.com :: Tagged agriculture, farm
November 21, 2011
November 2, 2011
Children of immigrants hit an economic ceiling – Even the well-educated find it tough to earn middle-class wages, and some end up in the farm fields where their parents toiled to give them better lives.
from latimes.com :: Tagged farm
October 27, 2011
The Colbert Report: Alabama’s Migrant Workers – Alabama tries to free up farm jobs that illegal immigrants are taking from Americans, but there’s a small hiccup in the plan. – funny video
:: Tagged agriculture, comedy, farm, migrant, video
October 24, 2011
Anti-illegal immigration bill stokes backlash in Alabama fields – Farmers in states like Alabama that have passed strong anti-illegal immigration laws are fighting back, saying they are losing labor and that US workers are unwilling to take up farm work.
from csmonitor.com :: Tagged agriculture, farm
October 20, 2011
Louisiana’s Latino Farmers Cooperative gets USDA grant to assist beginning farmers, ranchers
from midsouthfarmer.com :: Tagged farm
June 16, 2011
Farmers, farmworker groups react to possible E-Verify future – say it would essentially eradicate their workforce.
from latimesblogs.latimes.com :: Tagged agriculture, E-Verify, farm
June 15, 2011
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal offered a provocative solution Tuesday for farmers who claim workers have been scared away by a crackdown on illegal immigration: Hire people on probation to toil in the fields instead.
from msnbc.msn.com :: Tagged agriculture, farm, farm workers, Georgia
June 7, 2011
Stricter immigration enforcement would likely reduce the demand for farm labor and increase the mechanization of California agriculture, according to a new study co-authored by a UC Davis economist.
from sacbee.com :: Tagged agriculture, farm, study
Southern Poverty Law Center Wins Major Victory on Behalf of Cheated Farmworkers – Some 1,500 guestworkers could recover more than $2 million from against Candy Brand LLC
from lawprofessors.typepad.com :: Tagged agriculture, farm, Southern Poverty Law Center
Refusing to Bend: Threatened by pesticides in the fields outside their homes, the children of Central California farmworkers have launched a ground-level battle against agribusiness
from sierraclub.org :: Tagged agriculture, California, children, farm, farm workers
June 3, 2011
‘Silent raids’ and E-Verify immigration enforcement are destroying US farms – Enforcement-only immigration policies will further devastate immigrant communities, ravage labor-intensive agriculture, and take away countless jobs beyond the farm sector. If elected officials want US fruit and vegetable farms to survive, they need to implement smarter immigration reform.
from csmonitor.com :: Tagged agriculture, E-Verify, farm, immigration reform, migrant, Raids
May 28, 2011
Farmers in the US state of Georgia say they are starting to feel the effects of a tough crackdown on illegal immigration — a sudden dearth of migrant workers needed to bring in their harvests.
from ca.news.yahoo.com :: Tagged agriculture, farm, Georgia, migrant
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