Fruit industry groups focused on preventing sexual harassment
Ag safety center funds push for more training throughout the industry.
Ag safety center funds push for more training throughout the industry.
Grape growers turn to technology and H-2A to make up for labor shortfalls.
Fruit company partners with local school district to launch new approach to internships, with hopes to inspire other ag employers.
New York growers feel squeeze on labor costs.
Washington university experts partner to develop tools to help growers comply with new heat safety rules.
Orchard ladder manufacturers see little business decline despite platforms and dwarfing trees.
Autistic workers can thrive in a fruit-growing environment.
New EPA program — “Bulletins Live! Two” — aims to protect endangered species from pesticides.
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Manuel grew up on a coffee farm and graduated with a degree from Universidad de Antioquia in Colombia. He’s the first in his family to grow tree fruit. He is now working for Joe Rasch Orchards, in Sparta, Michigan and is married to Katie (Rasch) Vargas and is the son of Ligia Marin and Gabriel Vargas.