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Days after Donald Trump won the White House vowing to deport millions of people in the country illegally and fortify the Mexican border, California farmer Kevin Herman ordered nearly $600,000 in new equipment, cutting the number of workers he'll need starting with the next harvest. -
Despite many unknowns, one agriculture industry leader has an optimistic outlook about what a Trump administration would do on trade. -
Drought-damaged avocado trees and farmworker strikes mean fewer and more expensive avocados in San Diego. -
One of the dominant issues in the race between incumbent County Supervisor Democrat Dave Roberts, and his challenger, Republican Kristin Gaspar, is land-use. -
As California approves new overtime pay rules for farmworkers, a new photo exhibit at the University of San Diego pays tribute to the movement led by Cesar Chavez. -
Farmworkers in the nation's largest agricultural state will be entitled to the same overtime pay as most other hourly workers under a law that California Gov. Jerry Brown said Monday that he had signed. -
San Diego County water managers are redrawing the county's long-term water supply picture, but some environmentalists say the picture isn't quite right. -
On Saturday, San Diego City College students and other activists will protest the treatment of Mexican farmworkers who harvest the berries sold by Driscoll's. -
Thursday is Cesar Chavez Day. San Diegan Carlos LeGerrette tells his story of being part of the labor rights movement Chavez championed. -
Saudi Arabia's largest dairy company will soon be unable to farm alfalfa in its own parched country to feed its 170,000 cows. So it's turning to an unlikely place to grow the water-chugging crop — the drought-stricken American Southwest.
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