Category: Labor
Industry leaders applaud bipartisan ag labor working group’s final report
Industry leaders and associations applauded the House Committee on Agriculture’s bipartisan agriculture labor working group’s final report.
Webinars highlight sustainable farming practices
Equitable Food Initiative (EFI), the capacity-building and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer groups, has announced three upcoming sustainability offerings.
EFI celebrates National Farmworker Awareness Week
National Farmworker Awareness Week, Equitable Food Initiative, EFI, farmworkers, farm labor, ag workers, staff
EFI offers online training for growers, packers
Equitable Food Initiative, EFI, farmworkers, sustainability, Ethical Charter on Responsible Labor Practices, labor,
California workforce summit includes almond industry safety recognition
AgSafe workforce summit, labor, agricultural safety, farm managers, supervisors, labor contractors, ACTIVATE24,
American Farm Bureau sets policy agenda at convention
California Farm Bureau, American Farm Bureau Federation, policies, labor, crop insurance artificial intelligence,
EFI rolls out customizable audit
Equitable Food Initiative EFI certification
Workers group touts impactful year
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USDA launches FLSP Program
USDA, in coordination with other federal agencies, is offering up to $65 million in grants available for the FLSP Program.
Ethical Charter Implementation Program launches
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USDA Farm Service Agency of Georgia hosts webinar on labor program
The USDA Farm Service Agency of Georgia is offering a webinar on the Farm Labor Stabilization and Protection Pilot (FLSP) program.
Higher AEWR rates coming
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Nut trees part of Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention
Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention, North American Strawberry Growers Association, State Horticultural Association of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association, Maryland State Horticultural Society, New Jersey State Horticultural Society, Virginia State Horticultural Society, Penn State, University of Maryland, Rutgers, Virginia Tech, Extension
Inteligistics wins patent for temperature-predicting system
Inteligistics cold chain logistics data management supply chain
EFI adds marketing, monitoring staffers
Equitable Food Initiative EFI farmworkers