Bilingual education has an impact on Southern Oregon wine grape growers
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. — Nationally, 83% of farmworkers identify as Hispanic or Latino. In Oregon, that number is suspected to be higher.
To Artemio Gutierrez, the foreman at Dark Hallow Farm in Medford, it’s critical that farmworkers know about pests and diseases that harm crops.
“We are the first ones to see the problems,” said Gutierrez, who attended a bilingual field day in September at the Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center, also known as SOREC.
But historically, educational reso...
To Artemio Gutierrez, the foreman at Dark Hallow Farm in Medford, it’s critical that farmworkers know about pests and diseases that harm crops.
“We are the first ones to see the problems,” said Gutierrez, who attended a bilingual field day in September at the Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center, also known as SOREC.
But historically, educational reso...