As Congress turns from passing a long-delayed farm bill to the next major policy fight, Republican lawmakers are signaling ...

The Labor Department plans to update the way it calculates the adverse effect wage rate (AEWR) used in the H-2A guest worker program, which could be good news for growers. In a court filing, the ...

Farmworker and grower groups are battling over the future of the H-2A program, as the Trump administration seeks to lower wages and provide relief to farmers who have complained for years about rising ...

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Securing (Re)productive Labor: State Intervention in Migrant Housing and Farmworkers' Rights -- Chapter 2. Planning Migrant Communities: The Camps' ...

As Congress revisits the nation’s agricultural safety net, Congressman Glenn “G.T.” Thompson (R-PA-15), Chairman of the House ...

Expand your understanding of food systems as a Civil Eats member. Enjoy unlimited access to our groundbreaking reporting, engage with experts, and connect with a community of changemakers. During a ...

The Trump administration's sudden interest in reforms to a guest worker program for farmers is a case of the chickens coming home to roost. We wrote last year about the need to overhaul a visa program ...

American farmers are increasingly relying on the H-2A visa program to hire foreign workers due to domestic labor shortages. The program requires employers to cover costs like housing and ...