Baldemar Velasquez has presided over the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, the nation’s second-largest farmworker union, for its entire 55-year history. This year, he faced a challenger in a contested election for the first time. Chaos ensued.
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January 30, 2023
Baldemar Velasquez has presided over the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, the nation’s second-largest farmworker union, for its entire 55-year history. This year, he faced a challenger in a contested election for the first time. Chaos ensued.
States are extending OSHA powers, overtime, and collective bargaining while labor-driven programs center workers.
November 17, 2022
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Many workers in the food industry experiencing parosmia—or a long-term distorted sense of smell—find their lives and livelihoods disrupted. And they have trouble accessing help.
January 18, 2023
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January 9, 2023
This year, we showcased a wide range of ardent, intelligent contributors who offered new insights, analysis, and perspectives.
December 22, 2022
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Rising inflation is colliding with the end of some pandemic-era programs that helped people in need. As food insecurity rises, we reported on some of the most promising solutions aimed at providing access to healthy food.
December 16, 2022
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A recent study shows giving up meat once a week could cut thousands of tons of carbon emissions each year. While Pope Francis has called urgent climate action a moral imperative, U.S. Catholic bishops are unlikely to encourage the move.
December 7, 2022
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October 3, 2022
Of the three female craft sake brewers in the U.S., two make up the mother-daughter team at Sequoia Sake in San Francisco. Working with California rice farmers, they’re bringing the nearly 2,000-year-old national drink of Japan to more Americans.
Most Hopi grow corn with only the precipitation that falls on their fields, but two decades of drought have some of them testing the waters of irrigation and hoping they can preserve other customs with their harvests.
December 1, 2022
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