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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, November 21, 2024
California’s regulator of farmworker rights has inked a deal to lease office space for new staff from a confrontational activist group known for its “toxic tours” of farmland.
Governor Gavin Newsom has reshuffled the chairs in a board that has often served as an impediment to scaling up agtech adoption in California. And the change may be paying off for the industry.
Asm. Arambula is pushing to open housing year-round for migrant farmworkers. But some workers said that money could be better spent on workforce development programs.
A bill in the Legislature proposes to ease agricultural overtime rules after a UC Berkeley study found farmworkers have been earning and working less since the state enacted AB 1066 in 2016.
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.
More than two weeks after signing a bill on farmworker residency, Governor Gavin Newsom’s office has issued the administration’s first comments on the legislation.
