News & Articles

May/01/2024

Nonprofit center cultivating innovation with ag workforce

Fruit worker aims to patent picking harness with help of new nonprofit.

Ago/10/2023

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.

Ago/29/2023

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, writes the author.

Jan/23/2023

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.

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Impacts of Climate Change
on Farmworkers in Eastern
Washington

Climate change is impacting Washington state farmworkers in a variety of previously unreported ways.

May/28/2024

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.

Sep(26/2024

Semillero de Ideas invita a trabajadores agrícolas al Desafío de la Manzana 2024

La organización sin fines de lucro, Semillero de Ideas, lanza una vez más su programa anual "Tus ideas importan.