North Carolina's agriculture industry contributes over $111 billion to the state's economy annually. The state relies on approximately 80,000 farmworkers, many of whom are seasonal or on H-2A visas.

A legal migrant farm worker was fatally injured while working at a major sweet potato farm in Nash County, marking the second such death at the same farm in just over two years. Daniel de la Cruz, a ...

Every year, foreign workers come to the United States on temporary visas to perform agricultural jobs that U.S. workers are not available to fill. These workers are required under federal law to be ...