Thank you to Hughes Nursery & Landscaping
for hosting this important event!
A note from Agribusiness Association of Iowa
On Thursday, the American Business Immigration Coalition Action (ABIC Action), AmericanHort, the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives and International Fresh Produce Association convened Iowa farm and business leaders for a press event and roundtable entitled “Strengthen American Food Security, Lower Food Prices, Support Rural Communities: Common Sense Solutions to Iowa's Farm Labor Shortage.”
The Agribusiness Association of Iowa Participated in this event with comments from AAI CEO Bill Northey. Other AAI members who participated were Renee Hansen, Sukup Manufacturing and Carla Elliot, Innovative Ag Services.
Also making official comments at the event were Tom Hughes, President of Hughes Nursery & Landscaping; Jessica Dunker, President and CEO, Iowa Restaurant Association; Karen Labenz, Dole Fresh Vegetables; Yer Vang, Archdiocese of Dubuque Catholic Charities.
This was the latest stop in an ongoing farm tour organized by the American Business Immigration Coalition Action that has already hit Arizona, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Maine, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Carolina, Ohio, Utah, North Carolina, Texas, Indiana and Washington, D.C.
With Senate negotiations ongoing, the event called attention to the urgency of fixing Iowa’s and the nation’s farm labor shortage by passing new Senate agriculture workforce solutions.
Watch the video of the event here:
