A coalition of six organizations has urged the Environmental Protection Agency to halt the use of the common weedkiller glyphosate.
Three years ago, a string of Facebook posts spelled doom for a Kern County plan to curb COVID-19’s path through vulnerable communities.
The virus had already wreaked havoc in the conservative, agricultural county by October 2020, when the Kern County Public Health Department struck what would be a nearly $1.5 million deal with local organizations and an associated small business to get crucial information about COVID-19 to hard-hit ZIP codes and vulnerable groups.
Líderes Campesinas North Kern Committee held a Mexican-themed Christmas event, “Posada,” to honor local farmworker families. There were toys for the children, food boxes, gift cards, raffle items, clothing, desserts, tacos, music and drinks to enjoy.
The Sacramento region is known as America’s “Farm-to-Fork” capital.
But advocates for farm workers say the hands that make this industry run are often left in the shadows.
BRAWLEY, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) – The City of Brawley had its second annual Farmworker Breakfast event Friday morning.
About 200 people attended the breakfast that took place at the Providence in Brawley at 3 a.m.
SACRAMENTO — América Ramirez Lomeli, named for the Mexican soccer team, did everything right as an immigrant.
Growing up in California’s capital, she excelled in school. She volunteered, racking up more than 2,000 hours of extracurriculars by the time she graduated. She collected toys for the children’s hospital that helped her brother after he fell from a roof, and, at her mother’s command, she stayed calm when police were nearby so they did not attract unwanted attention.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Nanette Barragán (CA-44), and Raúl Grijalva (AZ-07) are leading 43 of their colleagues in calling on the Department of Labor (DOL) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to improve the H-2A program used by farm workers. Both agencies have announced proposed rules that would serve to protect these essential workers. The members are urging swift finalization of those rules to ensure accountability and transparency in the H-2A program and broader agricultural industry.
La muerte del trabajador ocurrió en 2020 luego de que su suéter se quedará atorado en las aspas del tractor que manejaba, provocando su ahorcamiento. Pese a que el incidente pudo haberse calificado como accidente, autoridades decidieron hacer la acusación contra el dueño del cultivo por que la máquina que manipulaba la víctima no cumplía con las normas de seguridad que ayudan a evitar este tipo de situaciones.
In this season of thankfulness, there’s a lot of gratitude coming out of Jack London State Historic Park in Glen Ellen, most of it grown in the historic orchard that the park and its supporters have been restoring since 2017.
SANTA MARIA, Calif. — The City of Santa Maria hosted their annual Dia De Los Muertos festival with “Ofrendas” or Altars created by families for their late loved ones.
Dia De Los Muertos is celebrated on Nov. 2 it is a Latin tradition that began since pre-Hispanic Aztec rituals.
