Migrant

If you’ve picked up a box of fresh strawberries recently from a local grocery store, there’s a good chance they were handpicked by a migrant farm…

Governor Rick Snyder says Michigan needs to do more to attract seasonal migrant laborers to work on farms this spring and summer.Last year, Michigan…

http://ipraudio.interlochen.org/Elberta_Housing.mp3A Benzie County fruit grower isn’t waiting any longer for the Village of Elberta to issue him a permit.…

http://ipraudio.interlochen.org/JudgeBlastsElberta_WEB.mp3A judge in Benzie County last week tore into the Village of Elberta for how they’ve handled a…

The U.S. Department of Labor has filed complaints against two Michigan farms for treating migrant workers inhumanely, including one farm in northern…

http://ipraudio.interlochen.org/BenzieHousing.mp3Controversy over a migrant housing proposal in Benzie County got uglier Wednesday night.A packed house…

http://ipraudio.interlochen.org/ElbertaMigrantHousing.mp3Plans to improve housing for migrant workers in Benzie County have erupted into charges of…