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If you’re interested in learn more about Yakima Valley College’s new CAMP program, the school will host a series of on-line sessions throughout February. The YVC’s College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, ...

Farmworker groups filed a lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of trying to suppress worker wages. Their suit asks a federal judge to set aside a Labor Department rule that could cut agricultural guest worker wages by up to $170 million over the next ten years ...

Last month, Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced an emergency program designed to keep farm workers safe during the height of harvest. Now, the Oregon Department of Agriculture has announced funds to help producers pay for those coronavirus changes ...

With farmworkers across the region becomes more active in preparation of the growing season, and the ongoing spread of the coronavirus, the Grant County Health District is out with recommendations for farm employers to help slow the spread of COVID-19 ...

The 45th annual Tilth Conference gets underway in Yakima Friday.  And the focus this year is on "growing a resilient future."  Conference organizer Erin Murphy, said this year's event will focus on education, sustainability practices, business planning and social justice.  She add...

On Wednesday, Representative Dan Newhouse joined a bipartisan group of House members to introduce the Farm Workforce Modernization Act.  Newhouse said the legislation is a compromised solution for the needs of American Farmers, adding the legislation will attempt to meet in the middle when it comes to the needs of agriculture and labor groups which have long disagreed on how best to fix the farm l

Governments in the U.S. and Guatemala are working together to form a “registered Foreign Labor Recruiter Program” for farmworkers who want to come to the U.S.  The initiative is part of several agreements that the governments are discussing to address what they call “irregular immigration patterns.”  Under the program, ...

A majority of farmers and farmworkers say financial issues, farm or business problems and fear of losing the farm impact farmers’ mental health.  According to a new national poll by Morning Consult commissioned by the American Farm Bureau Federation, other factors included stress, weather, the economy, isolation and social stigma.  Polling ...

Washington farmworkers will gather in Olympia Monday to discuss workplace conditions.  For the sixth year, laborers from across the Evergreen State will deliver testimonies to tribunal judges.  Their views on issues like workplace retaliation and the heath risks of pesticide use are expected to be big topics.   ...

Organizations helping farmworkers and Ag workers, as well as their families attain academic success through ESL programs are encouraged to apply for grants to through the Washington Apple Education Foundation.  WAEF said the grant funding is open to community groups, religious institutions as well as public and private schools that help those where English is a second Language.  Gr...