Food and SustainabilityAs Wine Grape Harvest Begins, Calif. Growers Face Ongoing Farmworker ShortageAugust 15, 2017 | Julia MitricAs California's wine grape harvest gets underway, the majority of it will be done by machine. But even as growers face ongoing labor shortages, mechanization isn't a cure-all for growers in every region. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezFriend Of Cesar Chavez Shares Exhibit On Farm Workers At California State FairJuly 25, 2017 | Chris RemingtonMarc Grossman is the former press secretary for Cesar Chavez and current spokesman for the Cesar Chavez Foundation and the UFW. He shares stories featured in the farm worker exhibit at the California State Fair this month. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Food and SustainabilityAsparagus Season Brings Choices For California ShoppersApril 21, 2017 | Julia MitricAsparagus is grown in the Delta, the San Joaquin Valley and the Central Coast. California grows over 70 percent of the asparagus consumed in the U.S. but the state's asparagus production has declined 15 to percent annually since 2000. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Food and SustainabilityFood System Critic Raj Patel Speaks At Sacramento State's Bridge DinnerSeptember 14, 2016 | Julia MitricSacramento State's farm-to-fork dinner Wednesday night will feature guest speaker Raj Patel, who is a professor and author of Stuffed and Starved, a book about the global food system. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State GovernmentBrown Signs Farmworker Overtime BillSeptember 12, 2016 | Ben AdlerGov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that allows California farm workers to earn overtime pay in the same way non-farm workers do. The measure drew fierce debate in the Legislature. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State Senate To Vote On Overtime Pay For Farm WorkersAugust 15, 2016 | Julia MitricCalifornia has more than 800,000 farm workers. A proposal requiring employers to pay farm workers overtime after they work eight hours in a day or 40 hours a week may get a vote later this week in the state Senate.
Food and SustainabilityCalifornia Receives USDA Loans For Affordable Farmworker HousingJuly 15, 2016 | Julia MitricCalifornia will receive $18 million in US Department of Agriculture Loans for affordable farm worker housing. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Farm Board Backs Ruling That Grower Interfered With ElectionApril 16, 2016(AP) — The California farm labor board has upheld a court ruling that one of the nation's largest fruit growers interfered as employees were deciding whether to reject union representation.
State GovernmentAssembly Bill Quickens Overtime Pay For Farm WorkersApril 6, 2016 | Ben BradfordA bill moving through the California Legislature would require farm laborers to receive overtime pay when they work more than eight hours in a day.
Undocumented Immigration In CaliforniaFarmworkers Hit The Hardest By The DroughtAugust 27, 2015 | Lesley McClurgMany farmworkers in California are out of work because of the severe drought. Those who do have a job are often working harder for less money. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
