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US House Members Reintroduce Bill to Alleviate Farm Labor Shortage

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers reintroduced legislation that would provide temporary immigration status for certain agricultural workers to help alleviate labor shortages in the farming sector. The so-called Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which passed the House in 2021 before stalling in Senate, would streamline the process of getting a temporary visa for farm work. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-30/us-house-members-reintroduce-farm-work-immigration-reform-bill

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Canada’s farming future in trouble unless 30,000 immigrants fill gap of retiring farmers, report says

The TFW program only “scratches the surface of the labour shortage,” said Evan Fraser, co-author of the report and director of the Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph, where he is a professor of geography. In 2020, Canada started an agriculture-specific immigration pilot program designed to give a path to permanent residency for non-seasonal workers with experience, but it’s set to end

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6 EU Countries That Offer Jobseeker Visas

In addition to the fact that European Union countries attract a large number of foreigners who even plan to live in the bloc’s countries following high living standards, the education system as well as low tax prices, EU countries also need a large number of workforces in order to deal with labour shortages. Besides, the European Commission in January this

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These EU Member States Offer Seasonal Work for Third-Country Nationals

All nationals from third countries, who are legally staying in the EU for a temporary period and whose stay is work-related, are eligible for seasonal work permits. Some of the most common work that temporary workers can engage in under such permits include farming, agriculture, fruit picking, catering, hotel, hospitality, summer camps, ski resorts, as well as babysitting. Here are

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AgriCareers inspires Mpumalanga learners

The town of Morgenzon played host to this year’s Mpumalanga leg of the AgriCareers roadshow, an initiative aimed at inspiring high school learners to consider careers in agriculture. The event, which took place on Wednesday, saw local learners being introduced to the various career paths that the sector has to offer. The Food For Mzansi initiative was hosted at the

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