A broad group of agricultural industries, labor representatives, work force training organizations, and a non-profit organization is working together in Oregon to create a more efficient, more skilled, and stable farm work force. The newly launched project, called the Northwest Agriculture Consortium/Oregon, is initially focusing on a pilot project targeting the wine grape and nursery industries in Oregon’s upper Willamette Valley, said Kevin Boyle, who is directing the new consortium. The pilot will be used as a model to broaden the scope to other commodities. “The idea is to improve the workers that are here,” Boyle said, adding that the […]