Items Tagged with 'upskilling farmworkers for higher paying jobs and upward mobility'

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.

The initiative launched a certification program in 2016 and is developing workforce development tools for tackling the ongoing labor shortage. Yet the not-for-profit organization covers just a sliver of the nation’s farms and it is still shaping its reputation.

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.

A Senate committee has advanced a proposal for establishing a drought assistance program for farmworkers.