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LE GRAND, Calif. — In recent years, California farms have seen a massive decline in beneficial insects, especially pollinators like bees, so nonprofit groups are stepping in to help bring them back. The nonprofit Wild Farm Alliance is helping promote the state’s Healthy Soils program, which pays farmers up to $11 a foot...
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LE GRAND, Calif. – En los últimos anos, las granjas de California han experimentado una disminución masiva de insectos beneficiosos, especialmente polinizadores como las abejas, por lo que grupos sin fines de lucro están interviniendo para ayudar a su recuperación. La organización sin fines de lucro Wild Farm Alliance está ayudando...
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A pesar del riesgo de contagios por COVID-19, cientos de miles se calzaron las sandalias, se pusieron los trajes de baño, se untaron el protector solar y se lanzaron a disfrutar las playas para celebrar Labor Day, el feriado largo que marca el fin del verano. En los campos agrícolas, unos 3...
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Despite the risk of COVID-19 infection, hundreds of thousands put on sandals, put on bathing suits, applied sunscreen and hit the beaches to celebrate Labor Day, the long holiday that marks the end of the summer. In agricultural fields, some 3 million agricultural workers spend these days very differently....
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NEW YORK — Undocumented New York farm workers may be risking their lives and livelihoods during the COVID pandemic, but they get few federal or state protections. On April 8, an undocumented immigrant from Guatemala became the first New York farm worker known to die from COVID-19. Emma Kreyche,...
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NUEVA YORK – Los trabajadores agrícolas indocumentados de Nueva York pueden estar arriesgando sus vidas y sus medios de vida durante la pandemia de COVID, pero reciben pocas protecciones federales o estatales. El 8 de abril, un inmigrante indocumentado de Guatemala se convirtió en el primer trabajador agrícola de...
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Linda Barr Public News Service BOSTON – The German pharmaceutical and chemical company, Bayer, is known for aspirin, but it is also a key manufacturer of seeds and pesticides. Now it is about to sweep up Monsanto, the U.S.-based agricultural giant. This impacts New England farmers who depend on...
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MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – On Monday September 12, 2016 California Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León released the following statement responding to Governor Brown signing AB 1066 (Gonzalez) and SB 1015 (Leyva): “Today, after decades of struggle, hundreds of thousands of hard-working Californians in our agricultural and domestic...
LE GRAND, Calif. — In recent years, California farms have seen a massive decline in beneficial insects, especially pollinators like bees, so nonprofit groups are stepping in to help bring them back. The nonprofit Wild Farm Alliance is helping promote the state’s Healthy Soils program, which pays farmers up to $11 a foot...
LE GRAND, Calif. – En los últimos anos, las granjas de California han experimentado una disminución masiva de insectos beneficiosos, especialmente polinizadores como las abejas, por lo que grupos sin fines de lucro están interviniendo para ayudar a su recuperación. La organización sin fines de lucro Wild Farm Alliance está ayudando...
A pesar del riesgo de contagios por COVID-19, cientos de miles se calzaron las sandalias, se pusieron los trajes de baño, se untaron el protector solar y se lanzaron a disfrutar las playas para celebrar Labor Day, el feriado largo que marca el fin del verano. En los campos agrícolas, unos 3...
NEW YORK — Undocumented New York farm workers may be risking their lives and livelihoods during the COVID pandemic, but they get few federal or state protections. On April 8, an undocumented immigrant from Guatemala became the first New York farm worker known to die from COVID-19. Emma Kreyche,...
NUEVA YORK – Los trabajadores agrícolas indocumentados de Nueva York pueden estar arriesgando sus vidas y sus medios de vida durante la pandemia de COVID, pero reciben pocas protecciones federales o estatales. El 8 de abril, un inmigrante indocumentado de Guatemala se convirtió en el primer trabajador agrícola de...
Linda Barr Public News Service BOSTON – The German pharmaceutical and chemical company, Bayer, is known for aspirin, but it is also a key manufacturer of seeds and pesticides. Now it is about to sweep up Monsanto, the U.S.-based agricultural giant. This impacts New England farmers who depend on...
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – On Monday September 12, 2016 California Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León released the following statement responding to Governor Brown signing AB 1066 (Gonzalez) and SB 1015 (Leyva): “Today, after decades of struggle, hundreds of thousands of hard-working Californians in our agricultural and domestic...
