The value of US-produced fruits (excluding nuts) averaged $13 billion a year between 2005 and 2007, and the value of US-produced vegetables averaged $19 billion. Over half of the vegetables, but only ...

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 ...

During the 1930s, some 1.3 million Americans from the Midwest and southwest migrated to California, which had a population of 5.7 million in 1930s. The arrival of Okies and Arkies set the stage for ...

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 ...

US Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Imports Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file October 10, 2023 The US imports 60 percent of the fresh fruit and 40 percent of the fresh vegetables available ...

Food Spending: 2021 Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file October 17, 2022 The US Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey reported that there were 133.6 million US ...

The Great Depression The 1930s were marked by farm labor surpluses. As the unemployment rate rose toward 25 percent, some 300,000 Mexicans who had arrived in the 1920s, as well as their US-born ...

The H-2A Program in 2022 Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file May 16, 2022 The H-2A program allows US farmers who anticipate shortages of seasonal workers to be certified by DOL to ...

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 ...

Labor in Fruit and Vegetable Agriculture Click here to download this blog post as a PDF file November 20, 2020 US households, what the government calls consumer units, spent an average $615 a year or ...

Mexico: leading producer and exporter of avocados January 16, 2020 Mexico produces 2.2 million metric tons of avocados a year; most are harvested between October and February. Michoacán has over 70 ...

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.