Temporary Agricultural Program News Today

While technology for automated harvesting continues to advance, the fruit and vegetable industry still remains a labor -intensive endeavor. 

A local farmer said, "I have had one American applicant that has come to me for a job ... once they got to the farm they worked one day and never showed up again."

Until we truly reckon with the almighty agricultural industry that abuses our farmworkers with impunity, there can be no future where agriculture miraculously saves us from the damage already wrought on our agrifood systems.

S we encounter the hottest summer days we have ever experienced, let us remember that it is not us working over 12 hours a day in the hot sun

As U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo works with House colleagues to improve a visa program for foreign agricultural workers, she'll consider ways to improve communication for everyone involved in the program, how the program might be expanded to operators who are currently excluded and how wages are calculated within the program.

Farmworkers have risked it all to shed light on the abuses they endure. Are we ready to listen?

A Sunnyside mushroom farm will pay $3.4 million for violating the civil rights of its workers, according to the Washington State Attorney General.

In 2020 and 2021, a Georgia-based labor recruiter traveled to San Luis Potosí — a Mexican province where close to half of the population lives in pove

During a Feb. 1 Congressional hearing meant to address the 2023 Farm Bill, Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) put a ...

During the informal visit, the family-owned business shared concerns over inflation and workforce shortages, as well as a bond over classic cars.