News and Events Twitter facebook YouTube Emailshare link 03/14/2007 Salinas Californian: LUPE breaks ground for play 03/13/2007 Sacramento Bee: Demand for data on food disease – Lawmaker wants agency to release findings on tainted Valley spinach. 03/13/2007 San Jose Mercury News: Critics attack FDA’s guidelines for cut produce, call them weak 03/13/2007 The Salinas Californian: Federal food rules voluntary – Farm industry fears they could become mandatory 03/13/2007 Desert Sun: President Bush issues disaster declaration for citrus freeze 03/13/2007 Associated Press: FDA Unveils Voluntary Food Safety Rules 03/13/2007 Associated Press: Bush issuing disaster declaration for California citrus freeze 03/13/2007 Tom Paine.com: Disaster Aid Bypasses Farmworkers 03/12/2007 Scripps News: Help Wanted _ from Congress 03/12/2007 Salinas Californian: Food-safety oversight needs unbiased eyes 03/11/2007 Los Angeles Times: Fast-food industry’s vulnerable underbelly- After an E. coli outbreak led to steps to make meat safer, illness from the germ is linked increasingly to fresh produce 03/09/2007 150-unit complex dedicated to Bakersfield family that pioneered farm labor and Latino causes 03/09/2007 Desert Sun: Study: Farmworkers earn $15,000 per year 03/08/2007 City On A Hill Press: Spinach Industry Seeking Consumer Confidence 03/08/2007 Bakersfield Californian: Martinez column: Family’s name on apartments honors work 03/08/2007 Gilroy Dispatch: Debate Continues Over Safety of Spinach, Other Leafy Greens 03/07/2007 Associated Press: Schwarzenegger approves housing help for workers hit by freeze 03/06/2007 The Desert Sun: Survey says farmworkers scraping by – Three-quarters make less than $15,000 a year; cost of living high 03/06/2007 Farm Workers Affected by Citrus Freeze Hold Vigils in Central Valley Offices. UFW Foundation Asks Members of Congress to Push for Federal Disaster. 03/05/2007 Porterville Reporter: Plans for protest 03/05/2007 BOXER, FEINSTEIN, SCHWARZENEGGER RENEW CALL FOR PRESIDENT BUSH TO DECLARE CITRUS FREEZE DISASTER 03/04/2007 Fresno Bee: Food handed out to farmworkers – UFW, Radio Campesina reach out to 2,000 people hurt by January freeze. 03/03/2007 NEWS FROM SENATOR JOHN EDWARDS: EDWARDS CALLS ON PRESIDENT BUSH TO DECLARE A FEDERAL EMERGENCY IN AREAS IN CALIFORNIA AFFECTED BY THE JANUARY CITRUS FREEZE 03/03/2007 Farm Worker Movement Radio Network Holds Radio-thon for Citrus Freeze Victims; Caravans Vanloads of Food to Saturday Porterville Food Giveaway 03/03/2007 Fresno Bee: Valley stop on the campaign trail – Democrat John Edwards backs disaster designation after Valley’s crop freeze. « Previous1…302303304305306…364Next »