Because there is a food shortage crisis coupled with an agriculture laborer shortage, experts believe farms and immigrant workers are the key to agriculture success and solving the food shortage.
FORT COLLINS, Colorado — Many farms across the country primarily function by the work of immigrants from all over the world.
A recent study by Texas A&M suggest solving the labor shortages currently impacting the industry will reduce overall food prices Food prices have soared by more than 13 percent in the last year, which is the largest annual increase since 1979.Which is why the combination of non-profit organizations, and a new bill could be the very thing to helping with the crisis.
Buana Vida Farm developed a program called the Hispanic Women’s Farming Proyecto, designed to provide agriculture education to immigrant women to help them develop their own business. The bill, which has been passed twice by the U.S. House of Representatives, provides legal status for experienced domestic farmworkers and streamlines the h-2a temporary worker visa program.
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