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The human cost of the Yuma’s vegetable empire
Key Points: Crop planes drop thousands of pounds of pesticides over Yuma’s agricultural region at night Farmworkers in Yuma face high rates of adverse health effects due to pesticide exposure […]
Farmworker visas more than doubled in state, nation in recent years
The number of H-2A visas issued to agricultural workers in the state has more than doubled in the past five years, mirroring a national increase in the temporary “guest worker program” for noncitizens.
In historic move, California expands overtime to farmworkers
Farmworkers in the nationai??i??s largest agricultural state will be entitled to the same overtime pay as most other hourly workers under a law signed by California Gov. Jerry Brown.
