The Trump administration's sudden interest in reforms to a guest worker program for farmers is a case of the chickens coming home to roost. We wrote last year about the need to overhaul a visa program ...

The Labor Department plans to update the way it calculates the adverse effect wage rate (AEWR) used in the H-2A guest worker program, which could be good news for growers. In a court filing, the ...

U.S. Senator Ted Budd of North Carolina and several Republican colleagues have introduced legislation aimed at stabilizing agricultural labor costs and providing greater certainty for farmers. The ...

As Congress revisits the nation’s agricultural safety net, Congressman Glenn “G.T.” Thompson (R-PA-15), Chairman of the House ...

Expand your understanding of food systems as a Civil Eats member. Enjoy unlimited access to our groundbreaking reporting, engage with experts, and connect with a community of changemakers. During a ...

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Securing (Re)productive Labor: State Intervention in Migrant Housing and Farmworkers' Rights -- Chapter 2. Planning Migrant Communities: The Camps' ...

Blaine Smith is a second generation orchardist who grows cherries, pears and apples in Monitor, Wash., a small unincorporated town full of orchards. He relies on both domestic employees and H-2A guest ...

American farmers are increasingly relying on the H-2A visa program to hire foreign workers due to domestic labor shortages. The program requires employers to cover costs like housing and ...

Jeff Flamm, farm owner at Flamm Orchards in Cobden, struggled to find enough workers to harvest his crops — and the problem kept getting worse each year. “It got down to the point where I left a ...

The Trump administration’s sudden interest in reforms to a guest worker program for farmers is a case of the chickens coming home to roost. We've written before about the need to overhaul a visa ...