The organization that sprang from the grape fields found a home in the halls of power, in Sacramento and beyond.

United Farm Workers is not participating in annual celebratory events this month of its co-founder Cesar Chavez over what it ...

As the president’s immigration policies squeeze an already tight supply of farm labor, the Trump administration is making it cheaper to hire foreign farmworkers.

In a tacit admission that U.S. food production requires foreign labor, the Trump administration is making it easier for farmers to employ guest workers from other countries. At the same time, U.S.

Agricultural employers and workers throughout the North Bay say ongoing federal immigration enforcement actions are severely ...

The U.S. agricultural industry depends on undocumented immigrants, but President Trump’s immigration crackdown is further depleting an already tight workforce. The labor crisis may be setting the ...

When minimum wages were first established in the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), agricultural workers were exempt. Over time, amendments to the rule brought groups of farmworkers under minimum ...

Amy Tisdale and her husband, Wyatt Barnes, farm 25 acres of vegetables at Red Wagon Farm that are sold directly to consumers ...

A report from UC Santa Cruz and a local nonprofit reveals that farm workers in Monterey County struggle with low wages and high living costs, making it difficult to support their families.

The global population is projected to reach nearly 10 billion by 2050, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the ...

Two themes are emerging from this year’s slate of agriculture proposals at the statehouse. Several bills wade into the ...