In roughly nine years since he first came to Louisiana State Penitentiary, Patrick Jones has picked corn, okra, cabbage and beans by hand. He’s cut grass. He’s baled hay. He’s made sandbags and ...

Imagine a farm in 2050. It's summer and solar radiation and humidity are peaking. Fruit picking machines hum and cooling mist sprays overhead. In the haze, a robot stands among the rows of fruit. It ...

It was a relief for a generational family farm – growing apples, cherries, peaches and more in the southwest corner of Michigan – when it landed a federal grant last year. Schilling Family Farms and ...

The Washington Department of Labor and Industries has levied its largest-ever fine against a farm labor contractor, saying a Richland business employed 5,000 in 2024 when it did not have a license.

Before the sun rose on a cold November morning in 2019, Luis Gomez-Echeverria shoved his clothes into a suitcase and snuck out of the house he shared with other farmworkers. He then hid under a pile ...

Glass House Brands says it will use verification policies to avoid legal entanglements with ICE, including accusations by a top Trump official that it exploited child labor. Some farm labor advocates ...

HDFC Bank's report reveals self-employment as the fastest-growing employment category in India, surging from 239 million in FY18 to 358 million in FY24. This growth outpaces salaried jobs and casual ...

OSHA’s heat stress rule wasn’t among them. And though the new administration has the power to withdraw the draft regulation, it hasn’t. Instead, OSHA has continued to move it forward: The agency is ...

FILE - A salt farm owner walks around his salt farm on Sinui Island, South Korea, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) SEOUL. South Korea (AP) — The United States has blocked imports of sea ...