By Craig W. Anderson Farm advocates see Proposition 19 as bad news for agriculture. The full name of the proposition is “The Home Protection for Seniors, Severely Disabled, Families and
Rule currently permits union access to workers on private property By Craig W. Anderson Agriculture in San Joaquin County and the state operates under the nations’ strictest state labor regulations.
By Vicky Boyd Recent storms may have added a bit to the Sierra snowpack, but they did little to make a dent in the prolonged drought. At the same time,
By Vicky Boyd The number of COVID vaccination clinics held for food and agricultural workers in San Joaquin County continued to increase in March, thanks in part to a significant
By Craig W. Anderson After a pandemic, economic malaise, mandated masking, social distancing all driven by a virus, the 2021 cherry crop could provide a much needed emotional and financial
By Vicky Boyd A bipartisan bill that would offer farmworkers in the country illegally a path to legal status and streamline the H-2A guest worker program recently passed the House,
By Vicky Boyd Although San Joaquin County held its first vaccination clinic for essential agricultural workers recently at the Lodi Grape Festival Grounds, industry leaders say they remain frustrated at
By Vicky Boyd The California Air Resources Board unanimously approved an aggressive proposal recently that would end open-air burning of nearly all agricultural material in eight San Joaquin Valley counties
