The 5% of U.S. vegetable farms with the most violations accounted for 71% of all violations found on vegetable farms during fiscal years 2005–2019

% of farms investigated (ranked by number of violations) % of violations
95%–100% 71.4%
91%–95% 10.7%
86%–90% 4.9%
81%–85% 3.1%
76%–80% 2.3%
71%–75% 1.9%
66%–70% 1.4%
61%–65% 1.2%
56%–60% 1.0%
51%–55% 0.8%
46%–50% 0.5%
41%–45% 0.5%
36%–40% 0.5%
31%–35% 0.1%
26%–30% 0.0%
21%–25% 0.0%
16%–20% 0.0%
11%–15% 0.0%
6%–10% 0.0%
1%–5% 0.0%

Note: There were 3,489 investigation of U.S vegetable farms between fiscal year 2005 and fiscal year 2019.

Source: Authors' analysis of U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Compliance Action Data  (U.S. DOL-WHD 2020f).

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