January 25, 2010

Freeze that Killed Crops Leading to Hiring Freeze for Farmworkers

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Alfredo Ladra Trejo only worked one day last week picking tomatoes in Immokalee. A crop-killing freeze hasn’t just hurt growers. Across Southwest Florida, farmworkers are struggling to make ends meet. Some have no work at all, while others are working one or two days a week. Naples News

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