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The Chocolate Companies Working to Uproot Unfair Labor Practices

Small bean-to-bar producers are trying to shake up the multi-billion-dollar chocolate industry and make a... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
October 25, 2021
So Much For Eating Local

A new report shows the US is importing most of its produce. Even if consumers... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
October 15, 2021
More Than 10,000 John Deere Employees Go on Strike

The company will use nonunion workers to keep operations going while union workers from 14... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
October 14, 2021
In New Documentary, the Realities of the American Food System Are Laid...

Fruits of Labor follows one farm worker as she works two jobs to support her... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
October 4, 2021
Biden Administration to Develop Heat-Related Workplace Protections

Agriculture is at the forefront of this effort.

Dan Nosowitz
September 22, 2021
Farmers Across the Midwest Struggle to Hire Domestic Employees

In Illinois, the number of foreign agricultural workers has increased more than 250 percent in... (more)

Amanda Perez Pintado
September 12, 2021
USDA Announces Aid for Farm and Food Workers

Farmworkers, meatpacking workers and grocery store employees will be reimbursed up to $600 each.

Dan Nosowitz
September 8, 2021
OSHA fines Poultry Companies $1 Million after Deaths of Six Workers

Back in January, news broke that six poultry plant workers had died in a Georgia... (more)

Dan Nosowitz
July 30, 2021
How the Pacific Northwest Heat Wave Is Affecting Farmworkers

One man is dead, and there are concerns that others could become seriously injured if... (more)

Emily Baron Cadloff
July 1, 2021
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