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Rural Migration News

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The latest Rural Migration News is out.  To check it out, see the weblonk beolow.  Also, you can subscribe by e-mail — for free.

RURAL MIGRATION NEWS Vol. 12, No. 1 January 2006

Rural Migration News summarizes the most important migration-related affecting immigrant farm workers in California and the United States during the preceding quarter. Topics are grouped by category: Rural Areas, Farm Workers, Immigration, Other, and Resources. There are two editions of Rural Migration News. The paper edition has about 10,000 words, and the email version about 20,000 words. Distribution is by email. If you wish to subscribe, send your email address to: rural@primal.ucdavis.edu Current and back issues can be accessed at: http://migration.ucdavis.edu There is no charge for the email Migration News. Philip Martin, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of California, Davis, California 95616 USA. Rural Migration News is produced with the support of the Farm, Giannini, Northwest Area and Smith Richardson Foundations.

Editors: Philip Martin, J. Edward Taylor, and Michael Fix Managing Editor: Cecily Sprouse
rural@primal.ucdavis.edu http://migration.ucdavis.edu ISSN 1086-5845 Paper Edition ISSN 1086-5837
The New Rural Poverty

We are pleased to announce the publication of The New Rural Poverty: Agriculture and Immigration in California. 2006. Urban Institute Press (www.uipress.org/). Part 1 of this three-part, eight-chapter book reviews patterns of migration to fill US farm jobs and the interactions between the availability of migrants and the number of farm jobs. Part 2 deals with immigrants in particular commodities and areas, presenting the perspectives of farm employers, local leaders, and migrant advocates on the changing face of rural America from California’s coastal and inland valleys to Midwestern meatpacking towns. Part 3 deals with the proposed AgJOBS immigration reform and the challenge of integrating immigrants and their children who settle in agricultural areas.

KJ