Demand for data on food disease Lawmaker wants agency to release findings on tainted Valley spinach. By E.J. Schultz – Bee Capitol BureauPublished 12:00 am PDT Tuesday, March 13, 2007 State officials say they will soon release results of

  http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/20074 Help Wanted _ from Congress EditorialMonday, March 12, 2007 No state should have to rely on prison labor because its usual supply of farmworkers has dried up. Yet, that is precisely the position Colorado finds itself in.

Fast-food industry’s vulnerable underbelly After an E. coli outbreak led to steps to make meat safer, illness from the germ is linked increasingly to fresh produce. By Jerry Hirsch, Times Staff WriterMarch 11, 2007 The Klaus family has lived

11:30 a.m. tour, 12 noon ceremony in East Bakersfield150-unit complex dedicated to Bakersfield familythat pioneered farm labor and Latino causes  Govea Gardens, a 150-unit amenity-rich affordable apartment housing complex for low- and very-low income residents is being dedicated Friday

Study: Farmworkers earn $15,000 per year Marilyn Chung, Indio Sun Ruben Mejia, left, hands over a box of romaine lettuce to Felipe Sanchez at Belk Farms on Feb. 14 north of the Salton Sea. Measuring valley’s agricultural pulseThe 2006

Leonel Martinez Home > Opinion > Columnists > Leonel Martinez Leonel Martinez RSS Feed   Print Story   E-mail Story Martinez column: Family’s name on apartments honors work BY LEONEL MARTINEZ, contributing columnist | Wednesday, Mar 7 2007 10:45 PM Last

Health/Science Spinach Industry Seeking Consumer Confidence Farr introduces bill allocating money for food safety research; industry mulling trade agreement By Naveed Mansoori and Alia Wilson Last fall, an E. coli outbreak traced back to a San Benito County farm

Debate Continues Over Safety of Spinach, Other Leafy Greens Thursday, March 08, 2007 By Betsy Avelar and Michael Van Cassell Gilroy – It’s been almost six months since a nationwide E. coli outbreak linked to spinach grown in San

Schwarzenegger approves housing help for workers hit by freeze Wednesday, March 7, 2007 (03-07) 17:40 PST SACRAMENTO, (AP) — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday authorized $2 million to help farm workers who were left jobless after a January cold

Farm Workers Affected by Citrus Freeze Hold Vigils in Central Valley Offices UFW Foundation Asks Members of Congress to Push for Federal Disaster What:   Farm workers devastated by the citrus freeze are currently holding vigil sit-ins in all Central

Survey says farmworkers scraping byThree-quarters make less than $15,000 a year; cost of living high Measuring valley’s agricultural pulseThe 2006 Coachella Valley Farmworkers Survey, a yearlong project conducted last summer, surveyed 525 farm workers. Among some of the report’s

BOXER, FEINSTEIN, SCHWARZENEGGER RENEW CALL FOR PRESIDENT BUSH TO DECLARE CITRUS FREEZE DISASTER Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein (both D-CA), along with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today sent the following letter to President Bush:

http://myopr.com/articles/2007/03/05/news/local_state/news1.txt Plans for protest By Aaron Burgin, The Porterville Recorder Large-scale protests are likely if President George W. Bush does not declare a federal emergency in response to January’s devastating freeze, the United Farm Workers’ top official said Saturday

Food handed out to farmworkers UFW, Radio Campesina reach out to 2,000 people hurt by January freeze. By Erik Lacayo / The Fresno Bee 03/04/07 06:01:22 Instead of packing oranges into boxes on Saturday, hundreds of unemployed farmworkers and

Farm Worker Movement Radio Stations hold Radiothon for Citrus Freeze VictimsCaravan to Bring Vanloads of Food to Porterville Farm Workers What:   Six different Radio Campesina stations from three different states will caravan to Porterville on Saturday, bringing vanloads of

EDWARDS CALLS ON PRESIDENT BUSH TO DECLARE A FEDERAL EMERGENCY IN AREAS IN CALIFORNIA AFFECTED BY THE JANUARY CITRUS FREEZE Chapel Hill, North Carolina – Senator John Edwards sent the following letter to President Bush, calling on him to declare

Mark Crosse / The Fresno Bee Presidential hopeful John Edwards greets farmworker Jose Avila of Reedley on Friday as the Democratic presidential candidate met with several dozen members of the United Farm Workers at a Fresno apartment complex. Valley

      Edwards looks to lock up union support in California     By GARANCE BURKE  / Associated Press Democratic presidential contender John Edwards told farmworkers and labor leaders Friday he would fight to allow undocumented immigrants work their way

Presidential Candidate to Meet with Citrus Freeze Farm Workers in FresnoEdwards to Visit UFW, Freeze Victims this Friday What:   Senator John Edwards will meet privately with United Farm Workers President Arturo Rodriguez and dozens of citrus farm workers to

  http://www.wcnc.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8NKBFTG2.html Edwards looks to lock up union support in California 03/02/2007 By GARANCE BURKE  / Associated Press Democratic presidential contender John Edwards told farmworkers and labor leaders Friday he would fight to allow undocumented immigrants work their way toward