Migrant Workers

From urban farming in Detroit, the Traverse City Cherry Festival, to farmers markets in hundreds of Michigan cities, this state prides itself on its…

This week, I’m posting segments from my documentary, "Voices from the Fields," a story of migrant workers in Michigan. It airs today on Stateside.Migrant…

This week I’m bringing you segments from my documentary, “Voices from the Fields," a story of migrant workers in Michigan. It will air on Stateside on…

This week I’m bringing you segments from my documentary, “Voices from the Fields,” a story of migrant workers in Michigan. It will air Wednesday on…

From urban farming in Detroit, the Traverse City Cherry Festival, to farmers markets in hundreds of Michigan cities, this state prides itself on its…

The Michigan Farm Bureau is appealing across the eastern U.S. for help with finding workers to harvest the state's bumper crop of apples.The organization…

Ninety-thousand migrant workers and their families travel to Michigan each year to pick the state's fruit and vegetable crops.Most travel from Texas and…

Last year disaster struck Michigan farms throughout the state.Early heat waves, low rainfall and a scorching summer resulted in non-existent crops and…

The U.S. Department of Labor has filed complaints against two Michigan farms for treating migrant workers inhumanely.The department says migrant housing…

Governor Snyder wants to allocate $400,000 in next year's budget to hire three more inspectors to investigate living conditions of migrant farm workers.…