Source: ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES, 9/1/16

Migrant labor dries up, threatening apple harvestBetween a fungal disease that sounds like a Disney villain and farmers having their labor pool looted, apple growing isn't quite the idyllic pursuit it seems at first blush. "It's kind of a cutthroat business," said Don Ward, owner of T&D Orchards, bouncing down the mountain to Polk County in a truck full of apples.

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