Carey McWilliams once said that farm labor in California has "been lost sight of and rediscovered time and again." (quoted in Loftis, p191) Three recent books make important contributions to our ...

3 Decades of NAWS Data Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file September 13, 2021 Demographics. The 2017-18 NAWS found that 68 percent of crop workers were born abroad, including two ...

FAO: Ag employs 27% of world’s workers, generates 4% of GDP Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file January 12, 2021 Agriculture employed a quarter of the world’s workers in 2019. The ...

World wine in 2022-23 Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file January 10, 2024 World wine production exceeds wine consumption, putting downward pressure on wine prices. Global wine ...

US Immigration in 2025 Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file January 13, 2025 The US has 50 million or almost 20 percent of the world’s 280 million international migrants, far more than ...

Beer. Alcoholic beverages are included with horticultural imports, and they are worth $26 billion a year, about the same as fresh fruit and vegetable imports. Mexico is the world’s leading exporter of ...

Golden Passports and Mobility Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file January 10, 2024 Many small island nations offer golden passports that grant citizenship in exchange for donations or ...

Mexican Braceros and US Farm Workers Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file July 10, 2020 The Bracero program refers to agreements between the US and Mexican governments that allowed ...

The H-2A Program in 2022 Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file May 16, 2022 The H-2A program allows US farmers who anticipate shortages of seasonal workers to be certified by DOL to ...

CA Farm Employment: Growing and Less Seasonal Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file October 10, 2023 Employment in California agriculture (NAICS 11) averaged 404,000 in 2020, 10 percent ...

California Agriculture and Farm Labor Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file April 29, 2025 California leads the US in farm sales, and has led since 1950 when Los Angeles was the leading ...

US households, what the government calls consumer units, spent an average $615 a year or $12 a week on fresh fruits and vegetables in 2019. Fresh fruits and vegetables are considered labor intensive ...