immigration
proposed immigration legislation could have devastating effects on agriculture.
President Donald Trump has today endorsed legislation proposed by two republican senators (David Perdue of Georgia and Tom Cotton of Arkansas), which would introduce new limits on legal immigration. The […]
wages, immigration, and a labor shortage on california farms
Why are California farms struggling with a labor shortage?
rad social justice and farmer training in the bay area
Applications are now open! The Bay Area Farmer Training Program provides the education, training and tools for a new generation of farmers in California's Bay Area to create socially-just, ecologically sustainable and economically […]
NPR's the salt puts spotlight on industrial ag workers
We don't often see mainstream media outlets report on the often invisible farm workers that hold up so much of American agriculture-- let alone do in depth and humanizing interviews with […]
documentary: the hand that feeds
[vimeo 52870881 w=640 h=360] The Hand That Feeds trailer from Robin Blotnick, a film on reforming the food system by organizing from the ground up for fair wages, fair working conditions, […]
from the ag archives: the harvest of shame
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJTVF_dya7E] On the one hand, it is great to see how far we've come. And on the other, it is pretty difficult to accept how far we haven't. Pay […]
immigration impacts all of agriculture: learn more while watching movies!
[vimeo 129248739 w=500 h=281] Watch the trailer for The Line from Kent Bassett on Vimeo. You can rent the film for the very affordable cost of $1.00.
farmers: in advocating to your eaters
Here's some good evidence about how NAFTA undermines farmers, not only domestically, but also in the countries where we " free trade" This article from The Nation focuses on pigs, […]
the way north: effects of immigration in america's heartland
Last month, the New York Times staff photographer Todd Heisler and a reporter, Damien Cave, set off on an ambitious journey to travel up Interstate 35, chronicling how the middle […]