- Innovative ideas for improving apple harvest honored
Caleb Gonzalez and Alpolonio Barriga Reyes, both of Oaxaca, were awarded the top prize of $6,000 by Semillero de Ideas (Nursery of Ideas). Learn more - Impacts of Climate Change on Farmworkers in Eastern Washington
Climate change is impacting Washington state farmworkers in a variety of previously unreported ways. Download PDF - New nonprofit helps farmworker with idea for cherry picking harness
Luis Alejandro Barrera has spent most of the past six years working on orchards in Washington. Learn more - Nonprofit center cultivating innovation with ag workforce
Fruit worker aims to patent picking harness with help of new nonprofit. Learn more - How can farm work be more efficient? Ask a farmworker
I believe we are looking for answers to the labor shortage in agriculture and ideas for technology in faraway places and asking the wrong people,… Read more: How can farm work be more efficient? Ask a farmworker - Farmworker receives award for cherry picking innovation
When Luis Alejandro Barrera picked cherries, the straps on the harness holding the bucket would cut into his shoulders after a few hours. Learn more - Op-ed: Want an Agtech Revolution? Center Farmworkers’ Expertise
Although agtech promises to make farming more efficient, it is often pitched as a replacement for farmworkers, who are usually left out of its development.… Read more: Op-ed: Want an Agtech Revolution? Center Farmworkers’ Expertise
