According to United Nations projections, global food demand could increase by around 60% by 2050, while only about 2% of ...

Food banks across the country are increasingly adopting solar panels, and finding creative ways to finance their projects.

Farmer Todd Tracy is converting 2,600 acres to a solar project because the lack of water prevents him from growing some crops. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) California's Central Valley is one of ...

The legislation would eliminate the tip credit for restaurant workers and other tipped employees, which has not worked out ...

California’s fast-food wage decree is like DoorDash, but for destruction. It delivers shuttered restaurants, job losses and boarded-up storefronts –– at least in some swaths of the state. The state’s ...

Labour groups have urged Hong Kong authorities to raise the minimum wage for migrant domestic workers, increase the food allowance and require employers to provide fans or air conditioning. The Hong ...

EVERSON — More and more families are finding themselves in need of the Nooksack Valley Food Bank. Each week the food bank serves between 250 and 270 households in Whatcom County.

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Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday touted his minimum wage bill that aims to gradually increase worker pay from $7.25 to $25 hourly. “I think our party should have bigger ideas. I put one on the ...

(NEXSTAR) — There’s a new effort in Congress to take the federal minimum wage to a level it has never been before: $25 an hour. If it were to pass, it would be the first time the federal rate has ...