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Why This Company Says the Popular H-2A Visa is Overdue for a...

In parts of rural Mexico, there’s a visa that farmworkers treat like gold—yet nobody knows... (more)

Naoki Nitta
Farmworkers in Canada Hack Menus, Protest for Better Labor Conditions

In an increasingly urbanized society,  most consumers live detached from the story of their food... (more)

Lindsay Campbell
February 11, 2023
The Country’s First Hmong-Owned and -Operated Farm

Sixteen families from the Hmong American Farmers Association recently purchased 155 acres of farmland in... (more)

Shea Swenson
October 16, 2022
In New Book, Relationship Between US Dairy Farmers and Mexican Workers Laid...

In Milked, journalist Ruth Conniff explores how American reliance on Mexican labor has bonded two... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
July 12, 2022
So Much For Eating Local

A new report shows the US is importing most of its produce. Even if consumers... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
October 15, 2021
In New Documentary, the Realities of the American Food System Are Laid...

Fruits of Labor follows one farm worker as she works two jobs to support her... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
October 4, 2021
Farmers Across the Midwest Struggle to Hire Domestic Employees

In Illinois, the number of foreign agricultural workers has increased more than 250 percent in... (more)

Amanda Perez Pintado
September 12, 2021
New Immigration Bill Would Give Undocumented Farmworkers Path to Citizenship

President Joe Biden announced, on his first day in office, his intention to revamp the... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
February 19, 2021
State Department Issues Travel Ban Exemption for South African Farmworkers

In response to an emerging strain of coronavirus that has vaccine-makers scrambling and public-health experts... (more)

Josh Voorhees
January 29, 2021
Biden Administration Withdraws Pending Changes for H-2A Farmworkers

The Biden administration has withdrawn new regulations that would have reduced reimbursements some temporary foreign... (more)

Alex Robinson
January 21, 2021
The Trump Administration Reportedly Wants to Cut Farmworker Wages

Certain workers, like grocery store clerks, were never before given much in the way of... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
April 15, 2020