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Forty-four farms in Mississippi exploited local Black workers by paying higher wages to immigrants who were in the United States on temporary work visas, the U.S. Labor Department said Wednesday. The department announced it completed investigations that it began last year in the rural flatlands of the Mississippi Delta, one of the poorest areas of […]
HUMBOLDT COUNTY, Calif. – Drug cartels are trafficking migrants to northern California and then forcing them to work on illegal marijuana farms. And these black market farms are producing cannabis that’s tainted with toxins, and also threatening California’s water supply. These are just a few of the far-reaching repercussions of the crisis at our southern border. The […]
CHICAGO, May 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas and media personality “Candid” Candace Jordan will take part in a pre-Mother’s Day giveaway on Chicago’s North Michigan Avenue Saturday, May 13. The flowers and chocolate giveaway will take place between noon and 1:30 p.m. at the northeast corner of Michigan Avenue and Pearson […]
Heidi Kühn of California, founder of the nonprofit humanitarian group Roots of Peace, wins the Des Moines-based World Food Prize for 2023 The award recognizes her work with Roots for Peace, clearing minefields in countries from Croatia to Vietnam so farmers can once again till the land She says she will accept the $250,000 award […]
Writing about something as unappealing as industrial hog pollution wasn’t exactly what author and lawyer Corban Addison had in mind for his next book, but a phone call from a trusted friend changed everything. Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial is Addison’s first nonfiction work. It showcases the coastal plain of eastern […]
It’s no cheesy accolade. An aged gouda made in Bantam is one delicious cheese – and the country thinks so, too. “It was amazing to be recognized,” said Tony Yurgaitis, owner of Arethusa Farm. The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association recently hosted its biennial U.S. Championship Cheese Contest. The prestigious competition took place in Green Bay, […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two agriculture businesses in the Mississippi Delta and some Black farm workers have settled the workers’ lawsuits over claims the farms hired white laborers from South Africa and paid them more than the local Black employees for the same type of work. Federal court records show the two lawsuits were settled in December, […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two agriculture businesses in the Mississippi Delta and some Black farm workers have settled the workers’ lawsuits over claims the farms hired white laborers from South Africa and paid them more than the local Black employees for the same type of work. Federal court records show the two lawsuits were settled in December, […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two agriculture businesses in the Mississippi Delta and some Black farm workers have settled the workers’ lawsuits over claims the farms hired white laborers from South Africa and paid them more than the local Black employees for the same type of work. Federal court records show the two lawsuits were . […]
Comment on this story Comment JACKSON, Miss. — Two agriculture businesses in the Mississippi Delta and some Black farm workers have settled the workers’ lawsuits over claims that the farms hired white laborers from South Africa and paid them more than the local Black employees for the same type of work.