Wilma disrupts farm laborers’ lives

“The migrant farmworkers who pick more than half of the nation’s winter vegetable supply and three-quarters of the U.S. citrus stock have been left a season of uncertainty by Hurricane Wilma.

Many mobile homes where farmworkers lived were crushed. Farm laborers lost a week of work during one of the busiest seasons, and the need to replant tomatoes and vegetables destroyed during the storm may create a lull that could last into February. Now growers are worried laborers will search for jobs elsewhere.”

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