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To: Dale Baker who wrote (140503)	7/8/2010 2:57:28 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541787

"And every bit of picked produce from California and Florida, the kind of fresh fruit and vegetables already sorely lacking in the diets of much of America's middle and lower classes." It's a tricky situation, isn't it?

To: Dale Baker who wrote (140503)	7/8/2010 3:25:29 PM
From: Katelew	Respond to of 541787

I'm lost.....this has nothing to do with federal spending. Farmworkers are jobs in the private sector. I live in a part of the country full of orchards, truck garden type farms (fresh produce), poultry growing farms, and dairies. They were a good source of jobs for students and parttime workers in the past. Especially summer jobs. One could pick strawberries in May, blueberries in June, peaches in July, and grapes and apples in August. All that labor now in my area is Hispanic. My friends and I still go to some of the Pay-to-pick farms, where a few rows of produce are reserved for people like us who want to pick their fruits fresh to go home and freeze. All the other rows, where the actual farm labor is picking and shipping out, is full of Hispanics. Sometimes we're working side by side. The work's not that bad. Picking starts at the crack of dawn and ends before noon to protect the fruit, so it's not even that hot. Nice to be outside and chat while you work.