California Raises Minimum Wage Posted by Christina Herrick|March 29, 2016 State is the first in the country to bring minimum wage to $15 per hour for businesses with 26 or more employees.Read More
Latest Growing Produce Podcast: Are Robots Ready for Your Farm? Posted by Paul Rusnak|October 20, 2026
New Survey: High Diesel Costs Forcing California Farmers to Make Tough Cuts By California Farm Bureau|October 19, 2026
What Growers Should Know About the New ‘Fontana’ Blackberry Posted by Growing Produce Staff|October 19, 2026
E-Verify Optimized For Mobile Devices Posted by Christina Herrick|March 1, 2016 Mobile-responsive design to aid in growing use on smartphones, tablets, and laptops in the field.
Florida Farmers Losing Sleep For A Good Reason [Opinion] By Frank Giles|November 14, 2015 Growers can’t afford to dabble in feel-good ideas from people who don’t understand agriculture when a crop must be harvested today or lost tomorrow.
Grimmway Farms Moves Plants With Robots Posted by Richard Jones|October 5, 2015 In phase one of what it hopes will be a series of trials, Grimmway Farms experimented with the […]
Robots, Container Production, And The Future Of Vegetable Growing By Richard Jones|October 5, 2015 Water. Labor. Affordable land. Transportation costs. As a vegetable grower, you face challenges like these every year — […]
EPA Announces Children Under 18 Can No Longer Handle Pesticides Posted by Christina Herrick|September 29, 2015 EPA is announcing stronger protections for the nation’s 2 million agricultural workers and their families working on farms, […]
Florida Prison Farmworker Programs Fruitful For State, Inmates Posted by Paul Rusnak|August 6, 2015 UF/IFAS-led initiatives putting more locally grown food on the table at fraction of the cost.
United Farm Workers Turns Up Heat On California Growers Posted by Rosemary Gordon|July 29, 2015 With temperatures soaring into the triple digits, union organizers are focusing on heat illness regulations.
Washington Supreme Court Rules Workers Paid Piece-Rate Wages Are Entitled To Rest-Break Pay Posted by Christina Herrick|July 21, 2015 According to a news story in the Yakima News Herald, the state Supreme Court of Washington unanimously […]
More Than 1,000 Ag-Workers Stranded At Mexican Border Posted by Lauren María Alexander|June 18, 2015 According to a news alert from The Department of State, a hardware failure in the State Department facility […]
Florida Growers Working Toward Safety And Equality By Fritz M. Roka|June 17, 2015 New Certificate Program educates farm supervisors on best practices.
Washington Tree Fruit Grower Hit With $2.25 Million Fine After ICE Audit By Growing Produce Staff|June 5, 2015 Broetje Orchards makes no admission of wrongdoing and notes no allegations or findings of criminal conduct.
Grants Available For Farmworker Education Posted by Christina Herrick|May 19, 2015 Grants are available for farmworkers and their families interested in attending adult educational programs through the Washington Apple […]
Labor Update: The Battle To Harvest By Rosemary Gordon|May 13, 2015 The need for comprehensive labor and immigration reform is as critical as ever, but industry experts don’t predict any legislation will be passed in the near future.
Remembering Ag’s Labor Needs [opinion] Posted by Rosemary Gordon|April 30, 2015 Everybody is talking about the drought, and rightfuly so, but there’s another potential problem looming that could impact growers […]
West Coast Ports To Open With New Contract By Growing Produce Staff|March 3, 2015 Western fruit, vegetable industries lost millions when unable to export produce at ports.
West Coast Governors Call For End To Port Labor Impasse Posted by David Eddy|February 19, 2015 U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez helps mediate discussions between dockworkers and port operators.
How To Build A Highly Skilled Committed Spanish-Speaking Fruit Team By Mario Miranda Sazo|January 4, 2015 Sometimes the smallest of gestures makes the biggest impact on your relationship with your employees.
Lipman CEO Pens Letter In Response To Tomato Debate Posted by Lauren María Alexander|December 2, 2014 Correspondence addresses actress Eva Longoria’s documentary “Food Chains,” which focuses on mistreatment of tomato farmworkers.
Industry Organizations Sound Off On President’s Immigration Plan Posted by David Eddy|November 21, 2014 Agriculture is not given the attention it so sorely deserves when it comes to the immigration debate.
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