Alison Saldanha

Apr 5, 2024 | opb.org | Alison Saldanha

Recently released agricultural census data showed the number of farmworkers in Washington has dropped dramatically over the last five years. At the same time, the number employed through the H-2A guest worker program has nearly doubled. We learn more from Seattle Times reporter Alison Saldanha about these contrasts and what they mean.

Apr 3, 2024 | elsoldeyakima.com | Alison Saldanha

Aunque hay mucho trabajo en los campos y huertos de Washington, los trabajadores agrícolas son cada vez más escasos en el estado. De 2017 a 2022, el total de mano de obra agrícola en el estado cayó un 23 por ciento, más del doble de la tasa nacional, y la mayor disminución se dio en trabajadores migrantes radicados en Estados Unidos, quienes han seguido las cosechas en la costa oeste por décadas, según un análisis del Seattle Times sobre datos del censo agrícola publicados recientemente.

Mar 30, 2024 | columbian.com | Alison Saldanha

37 percent decrease in migrant farm labor over 5 years reported SKAGIT COUNTY — While there’s plenty of work to be done in Washington’s fields, orchards and berry rows, farmworkers are becoming increasingly rare in the Evergreen State. From 2017 to 2022, total hired farm labor in the state dropped 23 percent, dipping at more than twice the national rate, with the greatest contraction recorded among U.S.-based migrant workers who for decades have followed the harvests up the West Coast,...

Mar 28, 2024 | thebrunswicknews.com | Alison Saldanha

SKAGIT COUNTY, Washington - While there's plenty of work to be done in Washington's fields, orchards and berry rows, farmworkers are becoming increasingly rare in the Evergreen State.

Mar 28, 2024 | thederrick.com | Alison Saldanha