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Stemilt celebrates EFI certification during Farmworker Awareness Week

WENATCHEE, Wash. – Stemilt BB #:113654 is utilizing Farmworker Awareness Week, taking place now through March 31st, to celebrate its...

3 years ago 4 minute read

It’s National [INSERT CAUSE HERE] Day – Why farmworkers deserve celebration too

As a society, we celebrate things like National Donut Day, National Pizza Day, and even our kids celebrate a Dr....

3 years ago 3 minute read

Harvest mechanization has a long way to go

As practically everyone in the industry knows, there are strong pressures to hasten the mechanization of fruit and vegetable production....

3 years ago 4 minute read

U.S. Department of Labor fines Florida firm for H-2A violations

KANSAS CITY, MO – After long days spent toiling in fields under a hot Missouri sun, immigrant workers returned to...

3 years ago 3 minute read

IFPA helps form new immigration coalition

March 2, 2022 Newark, DE. and Washington, D.C. – As part of its strategic commitment to government advocacy and leadership,...

3 years ago 4 minute read

Why employees quit their managers

I thought this article from Buzzfeed would be amusing, but it wasn’t. It was extremely sad. It’s about things that...

3 years ago 4 minute read

Driscoll’s to screen documentary film ‘The Last Harvest’ at SXSW

WATSONVILLE, CALIF. — Driscoll’s BB #:116044 award-winning documentary, “The Last Harvest,” is heading to the big screen at the SXSW...

3 years ago 4 minute read

EFI report highlights 10 ways to improve recruitment

WASHINGTON – Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer advocacy...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Western Growers releases inaugural Global Harvest Automation Report

IRVINE, CALIF. (Feb. 7, 2022) – Growers are keen to adopt automation to bridge the growing labor gap and ensure...

3 years ago 2 minute read

Panera offers contactless dine-in nationwide

ST. LOUIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Panera announced it continues to transform the dining experience with the nationwide launch of Contactless Dine-In, a...

3 years ago 5 minute read

Lettuce: Mechanization and labor

I get lots of newsletters every day in my email, but among the ones I find most informative is Rural...

3 years ago 3 minute read

DHS to require COVID-19 vaccination for non-U.S. travelers entering U.S. ports of entry

International Fresh Produce Association BB #:378962 Member Alert January 21, 2022 — Last night during a call with U.S. Department...

3 years ago 4 minute read

The Great Resignation’s Roman Republic roots

It is increasingly likely that labor unrest will be one of the biggest issues, if not the biggest, of this...

3 years ago 4 minute read

How to keep your cow from dropping dead

The riffs on this joke are endless: TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull....

3 years ago 4 minute read

Love it, like it or hate it, growers use H-2A program

Is the H-2A program popular? That depends on whether you are talking about affection or use. The federal H-2A program...

3 years ago 2 minute read

On the value of a wife

The French philosopher René Guénon denounced the present era as “the reign of quantity”—a time when all values are merely...

3 years ago 4 minute read

Kroger will end COVID-19 benefits for unvaccinated workers

Cincinnati, OH-based Kroger Co. BB #:100073 plans to cut some COVID-19 benefits for unvaccinated workers starting January 1. According to...

3 years ago 1 minute read

Red flags in job interviews

If you don’t have any hilarious job interview stories, you just haven’t been in the workforce. My favorite is that...

3 years ago 4 minute read

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