Items Tagged with 'workforce development for agtech jobs'

While the state’s agtech funding has dropped over the last two years, Arizona, Peru and other farming regions are investing heavily in expanding their specialty crop exports.

California’s high cost of living is hitting rural regions, where incomes have not kept pace, according to experts at a recent Assembly hearing on jobs and trade.

California’s new labor secretary is beginning to craft her strategy for driving workforce development in agriculture over the coming decades

Despite rising costs for water and food safety—labor is the top challenge for farmers these days, for both availability and cost. A new event in October aims to connect specialty crop growers, agtech startups, investors and leaders in workforce development in an attempt to address this issue.