by The Associated Press | Today at 3:41 p.m. 0 Follow Soybeans awaiting transport sit in a truck bed in Delaware, Ohio, in this May 14, 2019, file photo. (AP/Angie Wang) President Joe Biden’s administration said Wednesday it was

The Biden administration is banning use on food crops of chlorpyrifos, a widely used pesticide that environmentalists say poses risks to children and farm workersBy JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental WriterAugust 18, 2021, 3:36 PM• 4 min read The Biden

Brad HookerAugust 18, 2021 A new United Nations report underscores the grim reality that extreme heat poses for crops, livestock and farmworkers. “It isn’t off in the distance. It’s happening. It’s here, and we are certainly feeling its impact,

Dora TotoianSalem Statesman JournalSKIPhttps://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.475.0_en.html#goog_1675018822 Benjamin Santiago’s past year of work was unlike any in his 20 years in agriculture.  Santiago, who splits his time between harvesting salau in Washington and strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and kiwi in the Willamette Valley, said

Farmers use chlorpyrifos, linked to neurological damage in young children, on crops such as grapes, broccoli and strawberries Listen to article5 min By Dino GrandoniYesterday at 5:24 p.m. EDT The Environmental Protection Agency will ban the use of a

By Associated PressPublished: Aug. 18, 2021 at 2:24 PM PDT|Updated: Aug. 18, 2021 at 3:41 PM PDT (AP) – The Biden administration said Wednesday it was banning use of chlorpyrifos, a widely used pesticide long targeted by environmentalists, on

By Lauren Irwin, Natalie Saenz and Priya Bhat/News21 Aug. 18, 2021 AddThis Sharing ButtonsShare to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to EmailShare to PrintShare to More As the sun beats down on a family farm in McFarland, California, immigrant workers duck

The extreme-heat death of an Oregon farmworker and hundreds of others in late June could have been avoided. Climate negligence and lagging worker protections are killing people By Jeff Goodell Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Show more sharing options On

August 17, 20215:00 AM ET 6-Minute Listen Download Transcript A MARTINEZ, HOST: Workers are dying on the job from excessive heat, deaths that might have been prevented at construction sites and in farm fields. An investigation by NPR and

By Mitch Perry Tampa PUBLISHED 4:30 PM ET Aug. 17, 2021 PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Extreme heat due to climate change will lead to more unsafe working days for outdoor workers in the coming decades, unless significant policy changes

KPCC | By Jacob Margolis Published August 17, 2021 at 3:22 PM CDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: California is one of only a handful of states with laws meant to protect workers from heat. It’s held

While deaths and illnesses among agricultural workers mount, state regulators face pressure to do more to protect them. By Elizabeth Amon, Crosscut Published: August 16, 2021, 6:02am Share: Elidia was picking apples last year at a farm near Benton

By Francisco Martinez• 15 hours ago KCBX NewsShareTweetEmail Farmworkers in Santa Barbara County prepare to get vaccinated at a clinic with assistance from Central Coast Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE). Listen Listening… 5:58 KCBX’s Francisco Martinez reports. Dr.

https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.474.0_en.html#goog_2075554856Amy Neff RothNatalia Rodríguez MedinaObserver-Dispatch For many of the workers milking cows and picking apples in upstate New York, the COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be a disaster, weathered with too little help, one of those workers said.  Rene, who asked that

August 16, 2021 / 11:35 AM / CBS/AP Rural America lost more population in the latest census, highlighting an already severe worker shortage in the nation’s farming and ranching regions and drawing calls from those industries for immigration reform

Dora TotoianSalem Statesman Journalhttps://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.474.0_en.html#goog_1155906953 As COVID-19 cases rose in March 2020, Jennifer Martinez-Medina knew the pandemic would exacerbate long-standing inequities for farmworkers, who had been labeled “essential workers” as most other industries shuttered or altered their operations. Oregon’s estimated 173,000migrant

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 13, 2021 Twitter Facebook Email Reddit By Daisy Zavala Seattle Times As temperatures continued to climb, Victoria Ruddy made her way to dozens of apple and pear fields in the lower Yakima Valley early Thursday morning.

By Elizabeth Elkin | August 13, 2021 Email This Subscribe to Newsletter Email to a friend Facebook Tweet LinkedIn Print Article Article 1 Comment Florencio Gueta Vargas showed up for his usual shift at a hops farm in Toppenish,

Climate Nexus Aug. 13, 2021 10:29AM EST Climate Farmworkers dry red chilli peppers under the sun in Bangladesh. Climate-fueled heat leads to more deaths in developing countries with less-mechanized farming. REHMAN ASAD / Barcroft Media via Getty Images Extreme

Record heatwaves have caused fatalities for laborers who plant and harvest U.S. crops. A lack of federal standards and policies makes it difficult to protect these agricultural workers. By Daniela Sirtori-Cortina and Elizabeth Elkin August 12, 2021, 7:00 AM

New rules offer some relief to outdoor workers, but concerns remain about pay, health impacts Dora TotoianSalem Statesman Journalhttps://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.474.0_en.html#goog_1855692054 Arimateo Villegas’ workdays this week have started at 5 a.m., an hour before the sun rises.  Wearing a headlamp under a shade tunnel that covers blackberries, he selects

Posted By: i3gradiopushbin August 11, 2021 @ 10:57 am Ag Central News, Inside Ag Newsletter Feed Tweet Share LinkedIn Email WASHINGTON, D.C. (NAFB) – The Senate, after passing a 1-point-2 trillion-dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill, has now turned its attention

Today 6:00 AM By Guest Columnist | The Oregonian Reyna Lopez Lopez is the executive director of PCUN, Oregon’s largest farmworker union. Sebastian Francisco Perez came to the United States with a dream. He wanted to be a father

WGCU | By Valerie Vande Panne Published August 11, 2021 at 6:42 PM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, attention was paid to the farmworkers who are essential to keeping food on U.S. tables.

By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI Capital Press 3 hrs ago 0 Facebook Twitter Email Facebook Twitter Email Print Save EUGENE — As the former mayor of a major American city, U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh admits he faces a steep learning