Tour: The Changing Landscape of Farm Labor Conditions in the United States: What the Future Holds and How to Prepare for It

Driscoll's is committed to growing only the finest berries. Family owned and operated for over 100 years, beries are all that we do. Although a majority of the workforce is employed by independent growers, we have a responsibility as a trusted brand to ensure harvesters are treated with respect and working within the enterprise is a source of pride. Collaboration with growers is key to maintaining our standards and striving for continuous improvement. Given that approximately 75% of produce is hand-harvested, we also strive to raise the standards across the industry to address systemic agricultural issues around the world.

ALBA’s Farmer Education and Enterprise Development (FEED) project develops the organic farming skills of immigrant farmworkers to support a more equitable and environmentally sustainable agriculture sector. The project leverages ALBA’s experienced bilingual staff, a proven consortium of farm service providers and a 100-acre organic farm training facility in the Salinas Valley.

Each year, some 75 limited-resource farmers gain affordable access to education, land, farming equipment and technical assistance. Through hands-on, land-based learning, they develop organic production and business management skills to pursue the dream of farm ownership or find better jobs.

We build reliable solutions accessible for every farm. Unlike traditional robotics companies that focus on rigid tools for specific tasks, our core platform is intentionally modular and designed to adapt to any environment - enabling our hardware and software products to support a suite of applications that can be customized to the needs of every farm. Our team combines leading engineers with experts in agriculture and ecology who share in the belief that food security is national security.