Tag: farmworkers
Monterey County crops fall 6.1% in value last year
MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner Juan Hidalgo has announced the release of the 2023 Annual Crop and Livestock Report, which recorded a...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | July 31, 2024
INSPIRED MARKET
KING CITY — A ribbon-cutting celebration for La Cocina (The Kitchen) becoming a Blue Zones Project Inspired Market is set for Friday, Aug....
El Comité de Supervisión del Estudio de Vivienda para Trabajadores Agrícolas...
COSTA CENTRAL — A pesar de los avances significativos desde el lanzamiento de un estudio de vivienda para trabajadores agrícolas histórico de 2018 que...
Farmworker Housing Study Oversight Committee convenes to review progress
CENTRAL COAST — Despite significant progress since the release of a landmark 2018 farmworker housing study quantifying critically overcrowded housing conditions for agricultural workers...
Guest Column | All Californians Deserve Access to Healthcare, Agriculture Workers...
As a former California State Assemblymember and Monterey County Supervisor, I am deeply concerned about the pressing issue of rising prescription drug prices and...
Nutrition incentive program launches in King City, Greenfield
KING CITY — Aspire Health, in close collaboration with Blue Zones Project Monterey County, has announced the expansion of the Double Up Food Bucks...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | April 17, 2024
COFFEE WITH A COP
KING CITY — California Highway Patrol and King City Police Department will host Coffee with a Cop on Thursday, April 18,...
Weed control effort seeks to curb virus threat for Salinas Valley’s...
SALINAS VALLEY — Monterey County has enacted a mandatory abatement program for select weeds as part of an effort to contain the impatiens necrotic...
King City farm labor contractors receive suspended prison sentences for workers’...
KING CITY — Monterey County Judge Rafael Vasquez has sentenced King City residents and farm labor contractors Elias Perez Jr., 43, and Alejandra Perez,...
Monterey County supervisors to honor original Bracero workers
MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Supervisors Luis Alejo and Chris Lopez will be conducting a special honoring of living Bracero workers who reside in...
