Labor Secretary hosts ceremony honoring Cesar Chavez while slashing funds for housing farmworkers
The recognition offered yesterday to leaders of the farmworker movement by US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was welcome. The eventContinue Reading
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60 minutes on Texas Farmworkers
Last weekend 60 minutes ran a story on migrant youth farm labor. The story features a Texas family staying inContinue Reading
Seeking solutions to providing low-income housing in rural Texas
Hereford, a Texas Panhandle community of about 15,000, will host an important meeting today to consider how to overcome theContinue Reading
Texas farmworker housing problems impact state’s agriculture industry
Motivation Education & Training, Inc (MET) the leading leading advocate and social service provider for Texas farmworkers. It was foundedContinue Reading
As the pumpkin season approaches there is not housing for farm workers in the Texas pumpkin capital
The farm worker housing development in Floydada, TX and in the Texas Panhandle’s Floyd County is closed. Farm workers areContinue Reading