The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is excited about one of our upcoming webinars. To date, AMS Fruit and Vegetable Programs has delivered nearly ten free online webinars for fruit and vegetable growers, handlers, and distributors of all sized operations. The webinars have been a big success, with an average of nearly 200 attendees benefiting from the extensive knowledge of AMS employees. So what’s got us so excited this time? On June 23, AMS will deliver our first ever Spanish language webinar.
The demographics of the U.S. agriculture industry are changing. According to the 2007 U.S. Census of Agriculture, there has been a 14 percent increase of farm operators reporting their ethnicity as Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin. This segment is the second highest of all ethnic groups operating in agriculture. To meet the needs of our Spanish speaking customers in the U.S. and abroad, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) employee Pat Romero will deliver “An Introduction to PACA – In Spanish.”
