Fogbow is a private, for-profit company that uses ex-US Special Forces staff to distribute food aid in places such as South Sudan. Established aid groups warn that for-profit private firms risk ...

Wine. World wine consumption was 215 million hectoliters in 2024, including 33 million hectoliters consumed in the US and 23 million consumed in France. Rising consumption outside Europe cannot offset ...

California Agriculture and Farm Labor Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file April 29, 2025 California leads the US in farm sales, and has led since 1950 when Los Angeles was the leading ...

Card check allows farm worker unions to be recognized as the representative of workers on a farm with worker signatures rather than a secret ballot election. since 2023, The UFW was certified to ...

Beef. Trump wants the EU to buy more American beef despite EU regulations that ban beef from cows that are given hormones to promote faster growth. The EU has about nine million farms for 450 million ...

US Immigration in 2025 Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file January 13, 2025 The US has 50 million or almost 20 percent of the world’s 280 million international migrants, far more than ...

World Population: 8.2 to 10.3 billion Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file October 8, 2024 The UN in July 2024 projected that the world’s population of 8.2 billion would peak at 10.3 ...

H-2A: Past and Present Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file April 3, 2024 The H-2A and H-2B programs admit foreign guest workers to fill seasonal farm and nonfarm jobs, respectively.

World wine in 2022-23 Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file January 10, 2024 World wine production exceeds wine consumption, putting downward pressure on wine prices. Global wine ...

Golden Passports and Mobility Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file January 10, 2024 Many small island nations offer golden passports that grant citizenship in exchange for donations or ...

Bracero 2.0: Mexican Workers in North American Agriculture Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file January 10, 2024 Five million Mexican-born farm workers are employed on North American ...

CA Farm Employment: Growing and Less Seasonal Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file October 10, 2023 Employment in California agriculture (NAICS 11) averaged 404,000 in 2020, 10 percent ...