Op-ed: Ag education is key to sustaining our industry’s labor force
Together we can increase ag education, prepare the next generation for careers in agriculture, and create more agriculturally literate adults.
Together we can increase ag education, prepare the next generation for careers in agriculture, and create more agriculturally literate adults.
The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture embraced new initiatives to address racial justice, hunger, and food worker protections.
Approval of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act in December by the House was incredibly important — and the Senate needs to consider ag labor reform.
The California Farm Bureau Federation said it hopes last week’s failure of an immigration measure in the U.S. House of Representatives will ultimately set the stage for Congress to resolve longstanding inadequacies in agricultural immigration programs that have contributed to chronic employee shortages on farms and ranches. “Congress must move forward to forge a solution […]