Immigration and Agriculture: The Effect of Reform
Agriculture is a very important part of life and industry on the Central Coast. From the lettuce fields of Salinas to avocado orchards in Ventura County, agriculture is essential to the Central Coast economy.
An article in this morning’s Ventura County Star covered a study on labor and immigration in California agriculture. According to the Ventura County Star, the study was directed by Maxey and Bill Watkins, executive director of the Economic Forecast Project at UC Santa Barbara in cooperation with California Lutheran University. It was commissioned by the Workforce Investment Board of Ventura County and was formally unveiled during a conference today in Oxnard.
The article states, "’As durable as agriculture has been in California, I think there’s a level of threat in the coming decades that is… Read More