Agribusiness
Missouri’s housing inspections for H-2A workers missed deficiencies for years
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The lax inspection process led to an incident in summer 2018 where workers lived in a former jail, a motel with bed bugs and a house with a leaking toilet.
Labor
Still Harvesting Shame
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An investigation by In These Times and The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting reveals how today's migrant farmworkers are still living in deplorable housing reminiscent of "Harvest of Shame."
farmworkers
Blighted Housing: Inspections fail to stem poor conditions for migrant farmworkers
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An ongoing investigation by The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting has found the oversight of migrant housing is a fractured and ineffective system despite decades of reforms.
farmworkers
Blighted Housing: A look inside eight migrant farmworker ‘camps’
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State inspection records highlight substandard conditions inside eight migrant farmworker housing sites.
farmworkers
Blighted Housing: Much of Missouri migrant farmworker housing left out of inspection program
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The state and local agencies responsible for overseeing migrant farmworker housing vary from state to state. Here's a detailed look at how oversight works in Missouri.
farmworkers
Blighted Housing: Visa program requires housing inspections for non-U.S. farmworkers
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Hundreds of migrant workers come to the United States from Mexico and other countries with special H-2A farm visas, but they make up only a fraction of the total number of migrant farmworkers.
Health
Cracks in the System: Debate continues on the safest method to house hens
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There is an on-going national debate as to which production method is better. Hen housing is the primary focus of proposed federal legislation that would replace current, state-level guidelines for housing and production practices.