Labor
N.Y. Senate defeats farm labor bill
For months — years, in fact — farmworker advocates have tried to get the full New York State Legislature to vote on legislation giving farmworkers overtime pay and other workplace rights. The Daily News (N.Y.)Click... more »
Editor’s Letter
By Matt Milkovich Managing Editor I detected more than a hint of sarcasm in the title: “Take Our Jobs.” On June 24, Arturo Rodriguez, president of United Farm Workers, and two other speakers announced the... more »
Small Farms Lean on Tourism to Curb Recession Losses
This summer's combination of early crop harvests because of soaring temperatures, farm labor shortages and the economic downturn has proven to be a bad recipe for many MetroWest farms. The Milford Daily NewsClick here to... more »
U.S. Apple Committee Testifies on Farm Bill
U.S. Apple Association (USApple) Board member Mark Nicholson recently urged a U.S. House subcommittee to continue its full support of specialty crop programs in the next Farm Bill. Sharing specific examples of the positive impact... more »
California Growers Don’t House Their Workers Anymore
By Matt Milkovich Managing Editor This is part of an FGN series on migrant labor housing conditions in different states. This story examines the situation in California. Few growers in California provide housing for their... more »
Northern Michigan farm doing ‘Royally’ well
Patrick and Sara McGuire have taken an unconventional approach to success with Royal Farms. Photo by Derrek Sigler By Derrek Sigler, Assistant Editor When Patrick McGuire proposed to his high school sweetheart Sara in 1995,... more »
Florida growers don’t have to provide migrant housing
By Everett Brazill III, Southern Correspondent This is part of an FGN series on migrant labor housing conditions in different states. Housing in Michigan was covered in the previous issue. This story examines conditions in... more »
Putting growers in a bad light
By Matt McCallum, Publisher When I sat down to read my local newspaper, The Grand Rapids Press, a few weeks ago, I was greeted with this headline: "State report says Michigan migrant farmworkers working in... more »
Michigan blueberry farm stays ‘True Blue’
True Blue Farms, based in southwest Michigan, harvests 150 acres of blueberries in eight locations. Photos: True Blue Farms By Matt Milkovich, Managing Editor Shelly and Dennis Hartmann have a hand in just about every... more »
Ag labor housing
In May, Assistant Editor Derrek Sigler and I grabbed a video camera and visited Scott Lewis, who runs Lewis Orchard in New Era, Mich., and is the current chairman of the Michigan Apple Committee. Lewis... more »
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