Labor Practices

"This white paper provides an overview of federal and Vermont State laws establishing housing and employment protections for agricultural workers—including dairy workers—on non-exempt farms. This paper first outlines the basic federal requirements for agricultural housing and employment in the Fair Labor Standards Act, Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, and Occupational Safety and Health Act, and highlights the exemptions provided for family farms and small farms."

ERS data and analysis on numbers and demographics for hired farmworkers in the U.S. employed in both metro and nonmetro areas.

The survey "is an employment-based, random survey of the demographic, employment, and health characteristics of the U.S. crop labor force." Reports and data are based on Interviews are conducted during the growing seasons.

Standards developed through a collaborative/participatory process with the goal of defining and implementing a social justice label claim on agricultural products.

"Work within this program area includes best practices manuals, toolkits for organizing, case studies, and research into farmworker communities. Specific topics include farmworker housing and transportation, fair labor practices on farms, indigenous population studies and farm labor management." Also see farm labor publications.

This study examined "the possible economic implications of large shifts in the supply of foreign-born, hired farm labor that could result from substantial changes in U.S. immigration laws or policies."