Through her work with the Georgia Legal Services Program, Solimar Mercado-Spencer is providing free legal representation to victims of an alleged “modern-day slavery” operation on South ...

Government officials under fire after report uncovers 'modern-day exploitation' of farmers: 'It's beyond belief that this is … happening lawfully' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Last month, I attended the Daley Farms expansion livestock variance meeting for Winona County. as I sat through the six-hour meeting, I came to the conclusion that I have met ...

Immigrant farmers up against modern-day machinery. by Marcel Clarke. Wed, February 22nd 2017 at 4:22 AM. Updated Wed, February 22nd 2017 at 10:43 AM. GARCIA.JPG.

John Litz is a fourth-generation farmer from Morristown, and the fifth-generation is already hard at work on the farm. He previously served as Tennessee state representative from District 10.

Banks have a job on hand to make ‘Conventional farmers into modern day Entrepreneurs’ and this transformation itself provides abundant lending opportunities,” he added.

Many farmers who needed the workers got them through the contractors, ... Explore Modern-day slavery uncovered in South Georgia. Not all farm labor contractors break the rules: ...