Grocery prices Last week Publix had a particular variety of tomato on sale. The Tribune published an article on the big drop in tomato prices and included that in a story that implied Publix was paying too little for produce, causing hardship on farmworkers. ...more

October 31, 2009

More than 100 farmworkers protested Sunday afternoon outside a Publix demanding the grocer pay higher prices for tomatoes to help increase the wages of pickers. ...more

October 26, 2009

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has agreed to give workers for one of its Florida suppliers an extra penny a pound for tomatoes harvested, or a 64 percent increase. ...more

September 12, 2009

The Good Samaritan Mission's goal is to enhance the spiritual and physical quality of life for farmworkers and others living in poverty in south Hillsborough County. ...more

June 24, 2008

DADE CITY – Pasaron sus vidas en los naranjales, trabajando muchas arduas horas para ganar dinero para familias a las que raras veces veían. ...more

May 22, 2008

They spent their lives in the orange groves, toiling long, arduous hours to earn money for families they rarely saw. ...more

May 22, 2008

Florida strawberry growers are still reeling from last month's freeze. Since the Jan. 3 freeze, strawberry production has dropped more than 30 percent compared with last year, costing growers and farmworkers more than $15 million, the Florida Strawberry Growers Association said Friday. Initially, industry officials projected a 10 percent to 15 percent loss. ...more

February 2, 2008

Last month's freeze destroyed more than a third of Florida's strawberry crop, costing growers and farmworkers more than $15 million, the Florida Strawberry Growers Association said Friday. ...more

February 1, 2008

Burger King is telling suppliers it may stop buying tomatoes from southwestern Florida, where farmworkers have fought to get the second-largest hamburger chain to pay more for its produce and help boost wages of fieldworkers, according to a letter obtained Monday by The Associated Press. ...more

January 16, 2008

MIAMI - Burger King is telling suppliers it may stop buying tomatoes from southwestern Florida, where farmworkers have fought to get the second-largest hamburger chain to pay more for its produce and help boost field worker wages, The Associated Press has learned. ...more

January 15, 2008