future of farming

Inflation has been at the front of the news for much of this year, and it has affected Americans’ ability...

The U.S. produce industry is far from united in its sentiments about imports. Philip Martin, a professor at the University...

The earlier analysis leads to the third leg of the stool: how imports affect domestic growers and crops. “The third...

As a result of labor pressures, California growers are being “forced to look for alternates in automation and mechanization,” says...

As a rule, labor shortages are more acute for seasonal workers than for permanent ones. This is true for GoldRiver...

Migrant guestworkers form the backbone of the industry’s personnel, as they have for generations. Braceros (i.e., guestworkers, from the Spanish...

As we explore the future of farming in this online series, I’m replaying in my mind the field tours I’ve...

The produce industry has a future. That is certain. Human beings have been eating fresh fruit and vegetables for as...