Source: Christina Herrick, GROWING PRODUCE, 4/26/18


The season has begun, and you’ve realized that for the first time you can no longer depend on a crew of domestic workers to harvest your crop. Do you let fruit rot on the tree, or do you enroll in the H-2A temporary agricultural program? While this may seem like a no-brainer, the H-2A program isn’t without its flaws — just ask anyone who’s tried it — or its paperwork. But, for a grower worried about completing harvest on time, it might offer the only assurance. 

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