Stories Tagged "federal government"
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Some Alabama Farmers Cut Back Crops, Citing Crackdown
posted on May 18, 2012 at 1:00 PM
ONEONTA, Ala. (AP) — Some Alabama farmers say they are planting less produce rather than risk having tomatoes and other crops rot in the fields a second straight year because of labor shortages linked to the state's crackdown on illegal...
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Report Says Female Farmworkers Suffer Sex Abuse
posted on May 18, 2012 at 12:57 PM
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Female farmworkers across the United States are commonly sexually harassed and assaulted, in part because their immigration status makes them fearful of calling police, according to a report being released Wednesday by...
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Agriculture Department Study Concludes Healthy Diet is Less Expensive Than Junk Food
posted on May 18, 2012 at 12:49 PM
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