In late July, the Department of Labor mandated a 50 percent pay rate increase for guest workers, amounting to a 75 cent-a-pound piecemeal prevailing wage. This has prompted one of Washington’s largest ...

A lawsuit filed in federal court alleges that a West Olive-based blueberry farm engaged in human trafficking and violated Michigan law. The complaint, filed Friday in U.S. District Court for the ...

Blueberry farmers in New Jersey have been waging a court battle for more than a decade against Novartis Crop Protection Inc., the maker of a pesticide known as AG600, which, they say, killed some of ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. ROCKLAND (AP) – Fewer than 200 blueberry growers have filed claims for a ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 17, 2010) A federal appeals court has revived the fraud and negligent misrepresentation claims by blueberry farmers in New Jersey, who say that a pesticide made by Novartis ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. BANGOR — One of Maine’s leading wild blueberry processing companies has ...

A federal lawsuit asserts a farm labor recruiter, two employers, and several housing providers committed more than 250 violations of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act during ...