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Download full textPierce, James M. – 1973
Discrepancies in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (one of America's largest industries) and its relationship to farmworkers and small farmers are discussed in this report. Statistics supporting this are: (1) although 60% of all substandard housing is in rural areas, less than 25% of all Federal housing has been allocated for these areas; (2)…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Farm Labor, Housing Needs, Labor Legislation
Pierce, James M. – 1974
Little of the profits produced by American agriculture stays in rural America. During 1973, the farmer received less than 46 cents of every food dollar spent at the supermarket even though food prices continued to soar. Farm subsidy payments, originally designed to protect the small farmer's income, were diverted to corporate giants, large…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Laborers, Farm Labor, Health
Pierce, James M. – 1970
In 1970, many Americans are examining anew the costs of achieving efficiency in agriculture through bigness. The exodus of small farmers continues--more than 2.7 million farmers have abandoned farming or sold out to bigger competitors since 1950--while Government agricultural policy remains attuned to the interests of large farmers. All small…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Child Labor, Farm Labor, Housing Needs
JORGENSON, JANET M.; AND OTHERS – 1960
FIELD STUDIES WERE CONDUCTED IN 1960 IN THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF TEXAS AND IN IOWA TO AUGMENT INFORMATION ON MIGRATORY WORKERS. FACULTY-STUDENT TEAM FIELD TRIPS FOUND MANY FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN PROVIDING A CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE MIGRANT WORKER. CHILDREN OF THE MIGRANTS ARE NOT GETTING THE EDUCATION THEY NEED TO BREAK…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Bibliographies, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. – 2001
This publication documents a congressional hearing on the Agricultural Job Opportunity Benefits and Security Act of 1999, which focuses on these three major concerns: the United States (US) is the home of a large and growing number of undocumented agricultural workers; the current H-2A Program is administratively burdensome, does not work well for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Agricultural Laborers, Agriculture
National Migrant Information Clearinghouse, Austin, TX. Juarez-Lincoln Center. – 1974
A directory of programs and services available to migrant and seasonal farmworkers in Michigan, this document is the fourth in the Comprehensive National Survey of Migrant Programs series. Information for the directory was obtained entirely from Federal, state, and local agencies in Michigan prior to September 1973. Special emphasis was placed on…
Descriptors: Agencies, Directories, Farm Labor, Federal Programs
Siles, Marcelo E.; Elicerio, Monica B.; Gonzalez, Manuel – 1995
This document reports on a survey regarding the needs and concerns of 51 members of grower associations, 35 seasonal farmworkers, and 74 migrant farmworkers in Michigan. The survey was conducted during the conference "Building Partnerships: Growers, Farmworkers, and Agencies United," held on December 10, 1994, in Lansing, Michigan. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitudes, Civil Rights, Educational Attainment
