Tag: labor
Pilot program aims to improve farm labor conditions
- Featured
The Biden administration is giving grants to growers for participating in a research program for improving farm labor conditions.
Frank talk about the farm bill
- Analysis
The produce industry might want to distinguish what it wants in the farm bill from what it can get.
H-2A’s new set of proposed rules
- Analysis
Proposed rules issued on September 12 by the Department of Labor (DOL) would affect the H-2A guestworker program.
Safeguard against heat stroke
- Analysis
The murderous summer has drawn new attention to heat safety for farmworkers, so here are some safety guidelines.
Metro grocery workers ratify new collective agreement
- Retail
Frontline grocery workers at Metro have ratified a historic new collective agreement, ending a month-long strike that started on July 29, 2023.
Data shows year-over-year restaurant sales increase, amid inflation labor struggles
- General News
Restaurant365, the leading all-in-one restaurant enterprise management software, has shared new restaurant industry insights including economic, sales, workforce, operational, and consumer preference trends.
AI sorts crops from weeds
- Analysis
Tech innovations in specialty crops sometimes precede innovations for the big commodities, such as corn, soybeans, and wheat.
Fyffes publishes second Human Rights Report
- General News
Fyffes has recently concluded its third year of human rights due diligence and provided an update to its salient human rights risks in its second-ever Human Rights Report,
Using automation to advance workers
- Analysis
Technology is advancing quickly and providing us with benefits we only dreamed of just a decade ago. One particular technology that has proven extremely beneficial in agriculture is automation.
Are workers our “least important” asset?
- Analysis
Every CEO drones on about how their most important resources are human resources. But this is exactly opposite to the way they behave.