Category: News

From American Public Media’s Marketplace: In Napa, Civic Leaders Try to Grow a Hispanic Middle Class

Posted on: Dec 13, 2011

Jeff Tyler discusses creating a Latino middle class in Napa County in this interview with Napa Valley Community Foundation President, Terence Mulligan, and other local nonprofit leaders. Kai Ryssdal: A report out here in California last week shows that less than half the families in this state are middle-class anymore. Yes, part of that's a bad economy, but the…

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From New York Times: Aware of Its Dependence, Napa Takes Care of Migrant Workers

Posted on: May 26, 2011

By SCOTT JAMES • A worker trimmed excess branches and leaves from vines. Nearly every drop of Napa County’s world-class wine is produced by migrant labor. This time of year, that means the workers are suckering vines — pulling off, by hand, tiny sprouts that might hinder the growth of healthy grapes. Just as painstakingly,…

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