State of the Vegetable Industry Survey: Labor Issues Flummox Growers
Like many vegetable growers, Bill Spiller of Spiller Farm in Maine has faced challenges in maintaining a consistent labor force. He’s found relative success via different methods.
Photo courtesy of Spiller Farm
Spiller Farm, a medium-sized, century farm in a coastal area near the southern border of Maine, matches the top responses we got in the labor and management sections from the 2021 State of the Vegetable Industry.
For example, family does all management tasks on the farm (as do 61% of all vegetable operations) and he hires local residents (like 39% of his peers). And like 58% of all growers, Spiller ranks labor as a major management challenge.