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A Cornell University professor estimates 40% of Jefferson County's foreign-born farm workers are in this country illegally.
Today, migrant farm workers and their families still face challenges similar to those Guzman’s family experienced.
Migrant workers are essential for Vermont's dairy farms, filling roles like milking, animal care, and other farm chores. Fifth-generation dairy farmer Dustin Machia said Wednesday the arrests of ...
Canada’s ability to produce food hinges on hiring migrant agricultural workers. Yet, housing for these workers is often ...
Vermont has an estimated 750 to 850 year-round migrant farmworkers, primarily on dairy farms, along with about 150 partners and children, according to the report “Vermont Dairy Delivers.” For full ...
A lawsuit accusing a West Michigan farm labor contractor of wage theft, labor trafficking and forced work is heading to trial ...
All eight workers have family in Vermont, said Will Lambek, a spokesperson for Migrant Justice, and some of those family members continue to work at the dairy. Vermont’s farming community has ...
While Yuma has faced immigration issues, it also relies on migrant farm workers to power its local agriculture economy. "It’s difficult work," Jose Aguilera, a farmworker, said. "You have to be ...
Wisconsin growers must start implementing strong social distancing measures to protect thousands of migrant farm workers from COVID-19, including keeping them 6 feet from one another in fields ...
Amidst the snowy Green Mountains of Vermont, dotted with general stores and frozen ponds, a crisis is brewing in the dairy ...
The United Farm Workers of America (UFW) and dozens of supporters gathered outside a federal detention center in Batavia on Monday, demanding the release of more than a dozen migrant farm workers ...