Farms are turning to waiters and convicts to harvest fruit
Story Date: 5/13/2020

 

Source: SUPPLYCHAIN BRAIN, 5/7/20

Louise Wickens usually works at a stables in England’s West Midlands, hiring out horses and dressing them as unicorns for children’s parties. With business closed for the lockdown, she’s turned her hand to planting vegetables at a nearby farm. She’s just one of the locals being hired by fruit and vegetable farms as travel restrictions disrupt life for hundreds of thousands of migrant workers crucial at this time of year.

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