The agriculture sector is on edge like never before. With ICE officers chasing undocumented immigrants through fields and barging into meatpacking plants, workers are spooked. Even before the farm ...

United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez pauses during his 1,000-mile march through the agricultural valleys of California on ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Rural America covers 74% of the land surface of the country with over 46 million citizens in ...

Sometimes things come full circle. In 1966, my father, New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, made the first of two visits to Delano, Calif., becoming the only national political figure to unequivocally ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Farm work has long been among the most dangerous jobs in America. But while Congress ...

Agriculture is poised to be one of the next great robotics categories. Everyone needs to eat, and much of what we eat in this part of the world comes from large farms. Farm work is tough on the body ...

With the farming season in full effect, and the harvest right around the corner, there is renewed focus on the state of labor for our essential agricultural and food processing workers. Due to ...

BACOLOD CITY — Sugarcane workers staged a protest outside the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) office here on Thursday, Aug. 27, demanding urgent reforms to the Social Amelioration Program ...

Amnesty International recently released a report criticizing Canada for labour migration policies and farm inspections that enable migrant farm worker exploitation. The report urges the Canadian ...