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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, August 18, 2024
The Legislature could set stronger protections for farmworkers during extreme heat along with new PPE requirements when wildfire smoke blows into the valley, as climate change looks to intensify these natural disasters.
California’s workplace regulator is considering measures to allow the use of autonomous smart tractors on farms, which could ease labor costs for agricultural operations. But labor interests are pushing back against the approval of innovative technologies.
Assembly Ag Chair Robert Rivas of Hollister has co-authored a bill that would charge Cal/OSHA with establishing a stockpile of N95 respirators to deploy to farmworkers working under wildfire smoke.