farm Labor

Fairtrade Canada Celebrates May Fairtrade Month With #Itsonlyfair Campaign, Raising Awareness of the Inequities in Pay for Farmers and Workers

May 13, 2022 Fairtrade Canada

Throughout May, Fairtrade Canada – the Canadian chapter of Fairtrade International, the world’s most recognized label for social justice and sustainability – will celebrate the farmers, workers, brands, retailers, and advocates who make up the Fairtrade system during their Fairtrade Month campaign. The month-long campaign will answer the question “Why Fairtrade?” Because It’s Only Fair. …

First Farm Labor Contractors in the U.S. achieve Clearview Certification for Responsible Recruitment Practices

September 30, 2021 Stronger Together

Stronger Together US is proud to announce Oregon-based AgriLabor and California-based AgSocio are the first farm labor contractors (FLCs) to achieve Clearview certification in the United States. …

‘Broccoli has to be Hand Cut’: Travel Limits Squeezing Flow of Seasonal Workers to Fruit, Vegetable Farms

March 18, 2020 Naomi Powell, Financial Post

Fruit and vegetable growers say sweeping new travel restrictions are cutting off the flow of seasonal labour to Canadian farms, threatening to disrupt harvests as Ottawa bars foreign travellers in an attempt to contain the rapid spread of the coronavirus. …

Could CA Produce Soon Cost You More? Farms Face Labor Shortages, Immigration Woes

January 29, 2019 Marco della Cava and Ricardo Lopez, USA TODAY

“There’s nothing better than a hand-picked crop,” says Jeff Percy, vice president of southern production for Castroville-based Ocean Mist, the country’s largest grower of fresh artichokes.

“But there’s the minimum wage, the cost,” he says. “The bottom line is, we have to compete.” …