farmworker

Reina Mendoza is 50 years old, and has been in the United States for the last 21 years. She’s called Santa Maria home for the last nine years.Mendoza is a…

We speak with Francis Salvador, a 23-year-old farmworker and mother, about her hopes, her life’s stories, and her goal to return back home to Mexico with her family.

It’s been a while — a month and a half, actually — since I talked to Francis Salvador in person.The last time we spoke, Salvador was on strike, asking for…

Farm labor contractors are an aspect of the agricultural world that is not as well known to the general population as farmworkers themselves, and yet about 40% of California's crop workers come from farm labor contractors. So what are farm labor contractors? KCBX News explores that question by talking to local contractors, community organizers, farm managers and others.

San Luis Obispo County’s Farm Worker Outreach Taskforce is increasing efforts to vaccinate local agricultural workers.The county recently administered…

The Monterey County Board of Supervisors tried to clear up any misunderstandings about the timing and rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations this week. At its…

Eleazar Sosa, a vineyard manager in Greenfield, oversees a crew of about 20 who monitor the vines for disease, control irrigation and harvest the wine…

In many jobs, overtime pay kicks in after you work more than eight hours a day or 40 hours in a week. But that doesn't apply to farmworkers.A 2016 law…