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United Farm Workers union cancels Cesar Chavez events over abuse allegations https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/17/cesar-chavez-united-farm-workers-union #UsNews #California #WestCoast #UsUnions #UsFarmWorkers
United Farm Workers union cancels Cesar Chavez events over abuse allegations

Union says claims involving young women and minors are serious enough to halt annual tributes and open an inquiry

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Business | The Guardian USOct 22
RFK Jr railed against ultra-processed foods. Trump’s policies encourage their production https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/22/rfk-maha-ultra-processed-foods-trump #Ultra-processedfoods #Trumpadministration #Food&drinkindustry #RobertFKennedyJr #USfarmworkers #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #Business #USnews #Food
RFK Jr railed against ultra-processed foods. Trump’s policies encourage their production

Experts say the administration’s Maha agenda ‘betrays the public’ and doesn’t actually seek to regulate junk food

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US news | The GuardianJun 7, 2025
RFK Jr’s report calls farmers ‘backbone’ of US – but cuts leave workers lacking support https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/07/farmers-trump-cuts-rfk-jr #Trumpadministration #RobertFKennedyJr #USfarmworkers #USpolitics #Farming #USnews #Food
RFK Jr’s report calls farmers the ‘backbone’ of the US – but Trump’s cuts hurt them

Small farmers face ‘two personalities’ as Trump team slashes $1bn as Kennedy vows to protect them

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Business | The Guardian USDec 30, 2024
Bleak outlook for US farmers – and Trump tariffs could make it worse https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/30/farmers-trump-tariffs #USfarmworkers #DonaldTrump #Environment #Worldnews #Business #Illinois #Americas #Farming #USnews #Canada #Mexico #China #Iowa
Bleak outlook for US farmers – and Trump tariffs could make it worse

Bumper grain crop set to weigh heavily as farmers count costs of seed, fertilizer – and effects of possible trade war

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Environment | The Guardian USDec 30, 2024
Bleak outlook for US farmers – and Trump tariffs could make it worse https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/30/farmers-trump-tariffs #USfarmworkers #DonaldTrump #Environment #Worldnews #Business #Illinois #Americas #Farming #USnews #Canada #Mexico #China #Iowa
Bleak outlook for US farmers – and Trump tariffs could make it worse

Bumper grain crop set to weigh heavily as farmers count costs of seed, fertilizer – and effects of possible trade war

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Environment | The Guardian USDec 7, 2024
Trump’s policies ‘should be turning off farmers’ – why did so many vote for him? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/07/trump-immigration-trade-policy-farmer-votes #USelections2024 #USfarmworkers #DonaldTrump #Environment #California #WestCoast #Farming #USnews
Trump’s policies ‘should be turning off farmers’ – why did so many vote for him?

Plans of deportation and trade wars should concern farmers, yet they backed him by a three-to-one margin

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US news | The GuardianDec 7, 2024
Trump’s policies ‘should be turning off farmers’ – why did so many vote for him? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/07/trump-immigration-trade-policy-farmer-votes #USelections2024 #USfarmworkers #DonaldTrump #Environment #California #WestCoast #Farming #USnews
Trump’s policies ‘should be turning off farmers’ – why did so many vote for him?

Plans of deportation and trade wars should concern farmers, yet they backed him by a three-to-one margin

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Environment | The Guardian USOct 22, 2024
North Carolina farms face depleted, toxic soil after historic Helene flooding https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/22/north-carolina-farms-hurricane-helene-floods #HurricaneHelene #Extremeweather #NorthCarolina #USfarmworkers #Climatecrisis #Agriculture #Environment #Flooding #Farming #USnews
North Carolina farms face depleted, toxic soil after historic Helene flooding

In the mountainous area near Asheville, affected growers must now replenish water-logged and often tainted land

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US news | The GuardianOct 3, 2024
‘We need ’em worse than they need us’: how Haitian farm workers feed the US https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/03/haitian-farm-workers-north-carolina #USfarmworkers #Blackfarmers #Agriculture #Americas #USnews #Haiti
‘We need ’em worse than they need us’: how Haitian workers feed the US

Laborers from the Caribbean nation pick berries and process Thanksgiving turkeys across rural America

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US news | The GuardianOct 2, 2024
US farms are forcing workers to buy inedible, expensive meals: ‘It makes you feel enslaved’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/02/h2a-worker-program-migrant-farm-food #USfarmworkers #USimmigration #NorthCarolina #Farming #USnews #Food
US farms are forcing workers to buy inedible, expensive meals: ‘It makes you feel enslaved’

Employers hiring migrant workers through a federal program must provide food or cooking facilities. But many of those picking our fresh food have no access to adequate meals

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