Tag: labor

Why family-friendly policies toward workers may lead to improved employee productivity, retention, and hiring

Discrepancies in labor costs between the United States and Mexico often feel unfair to growers. But they cannot be called unfair trade practices.

The Biden administration is giving grants to growers for participating in a research program for improving farm labor conditions.

The produce industry might want to distinguish what it wants in the farm bill from what it can get.

Proposed rules issued on September 12 by the Department of Labor (DOL) would affect the H-2A guestworker program.

The murderous summer has drawn new attention to heat safety for farmworkers, so here are some safety guidelines.

Frontline grocery workers at Metro have ratified a historic new collective agreement, ending a month-long strike that started on July 29, 2023.

Restaurant365, the leading all-in-one restaurant enterprise management software, has shared new restaurant industry insights including economic, sales, workforce, operational, and consumer preference trends.

Tech innovations in specialty crops sometimes precede innovations for the big commodities, such as corn, soybeans, and wheat.