Editor's note: This is the first installment of a five-part series, "The Great Farm and Food Talent Search," exploring the challenges and opportunities facing the agriculture and food sectors when it ...

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Tristesse Jones will probably never drive a tractor or guide a combine through rows of soybeans at harvest time. There isn't a farm within miles of where she grew up on Chicago's west side, but she's ...

Unemployed military veterans in the Valley could be taking on a new mission under a program aimed at helping them find jobs in agriculture. The program, called Ag Warriors, is patterned after similar ...

A new law introduced by a California congressman would raise the minimum legal age of child workers in agriculture from 12 to ...

New Roots NY and IRC in NY's POWER (Providing Opportunities for Women’s Economic Resilience) program have teamed up this spring to offer a comprehensive and engaging job training program. The program ...

Agriculture companies are looking for people who are interested in science, and hiring managers are increasingly looking for people who don’t have traditional ag backgrounds. Jobs in agriculture don’t ...