May 1, 2016

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Labor

Featured stories covering labor in this issue.

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Researchers crack the case on why cherries crack

Making the most of cidermania

The cost of vineyard labor

Time to say goodbye for Mimi Nye

Canadian temporary worker website.

Bringing workers north to Canada

Jim Doornink speaks during the second day of the IFTA Washington tour on July 16, 2015. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Replacing labor with technology

J.M. Perry Institute building in Yakima, Wash., on April 6, 2016. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Ag tech

Great Lakes Agricultural Labor Services provides training and orientation to incoming workers immediately upon arrival, as they did here, on the Leitz brothers’ farm near Sodus, Michigan on June 27, 2015. (Courtesy Fred Leitz)

Michigan grows labor program

Stemilt employee and H-2A member participant, Elizabeth Hernandez answers questions prior to visiting the U.S. Consulate in Tijuana, Mexico on on May 12, 2014. (Courtesy Heri Chapula/Washington Farm Labor Association)

H-2A housing changes

Homes away from home

H-2A workers arrive at the U.S. Consulate in Tijuana, Mexico, for interviews on May 13, 2014. Each worker undergoes a background check and a personal appointment says Washington Farm Labor Association staff. (Courtesy Heri Chapula/Washington Farm Labor Association)

Avoiding H-2A headaches

Food Safety Act - FDA

DeVaney: Moving forward on FSMA

Western SARE, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education

Western SARE seeks award nominations

A lot of cans in 100 years

Stemilt Growers employee Alfonso Perez holds his 6-month-old daughter, Lexi Amaya, while wife Claudia Rea has blood drawn March 29, 2016, as part of her wellness exam at the Stemilt Family Clinic in Wenatchee, Washington. (Shannon Dininny/Good Fruit Grower)

On-site health care

Better ways to spray

Paul Bavaro, a young grower from Escalon, California