Jan 28, 2010
Southwest Florida Vegetable Farmworker Income Down $23.6 Million After Freeze

The freeze that decimated thousands of acres of vegetable crops will cost Southwest Florida field workers more than $23.6 million, according to estimates from he University of Florida /IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center in Immokalee. Fort Myers News-Press

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