communities of foreign workers in the country. on any given day, about 400,000 farm workers are tending to crops and fields. in fact, florida produces about 63% of all citrus grown in the u.s. and polk county produces more of it than any other county in the state, with about 30 million boxes harvested per year. chances are pretty good if you had an orange today, it came from polk county and a migrant worker picked it. the thing for me i don t understand is everyone says we got high unemployment rates but there are all these jobs that no american citizens will apply for. people could pick oranges, strawberries, pick whatever, but they don t. so, today, hopefully i ll start to gain some insight into exactly why that is. good morning. welcome. how may i help you? i wanted to speak to someone about getting a job in agricultural. okay. polk is a job placement center for polk county residents. they help place workers in all kinds of industries, including the agricultural industry.
in fact, florida produces about 63% of all citrus grown in the u.s. and polk county produces more of it than any other county in the state, with about 30 million boxes harvested per year. chances are good if you had an orange today, it came from polk county and a migrant worker picked it. the thing for me i don t understand is everyone says we got high unemployment rates but there are all these jobs that no american citizens will apply for. people could pick oranges, strawberries, pick whatever, but they don t. today, hopefully i ll gain some insight into exactly why that is. good morning. welcome. how may i help you? i wanted to speak to someone about getting a job in agricultural. okay. polk is a job placement center for polk county residents. they help place workers in all kinds of industries, including the agricultural industry.
new reports reveal more information about the man charged with plowing his car through a crowd envenice, california. nathan campbell is charged with killing an italian tourist on her honeymoon and injuring 16 other people saturday. campbell was a regular at the local job placement center and the executive director describes him as call and helpful. campbell has pleaded not guilty to murder. president obama reportedly stepping up drone attacks against al qaeda terrorists in yemen. just today, two u.s. suspected drones killed a total of nine militants, we re told, raising the number of suspected drone attacks in yemen to at least seven in less than two weeks. the uptick in drone strikes signals the obama administration is getting very furious against al qaeda s off shoot in yemen
in fact, florida produces about 63% of all citrus grown in the u.s. and polk county produces more of it than any other county in the state, with about 30 million boxes harvested per year. chances are pretty good that if you had an orange today, it came from polk county and a migrant worker picked it. you know, the thing for me that i don t understand is everybody says, well, we ve got these high unemployment rates but there s all these jobs that mo american citizens will actually go apply for. people could go and pick strawberries, pick oranges, pick whatever, but they don t. so today, hopefully, i ll kind of gain some insight as to exactly why that is. good morning. welcome to polk works. how can i help you? i wanted to speak to someone about getting a job in agriculture. polk works is a job placement center for polk county residents. they help place people in jobs of all kinds of industries, including the agricultural industry. it s the perfect place for me to find a job.
on any given day, about 400,000 farm workers are tending to crops and fields. in fact, florida produces about 63% of all citrus grown in the u.s., and polk county produces more of it than any other county in the state, with about 30 million boxes harvested per year. chances are pretty good that if you had an orange today, it came from polk county, and a migrant worker picked it. the thing for me that i don t understand is everybody says well, we ve got all these high unemployment rates, but there is all these jobs that no american citizens will actually go apply for. people could go and pick strawberries, pick oranges, pick whatever, but they don t. so today hopefully i ll kind of start to gain some insight into why exactly that is. good morning. welcome to port works. how may i help you? yeah. i want to speak to someone about getting an job in agriculture. okay. polk works is a job placement center for polk county residents. they help place workers in all kinds of industries,