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Northwest Horticultural Council president, Mark Powers says among the many challenges facing growers this year is finding an ample labor supply and what those workers will be paid. ....
Looking at the numbers. as harvest comes to an activity at this farm is heating up. these onion pickers are working hard. this farm employ 750 seasonal workers each year, but this season, farmer derek wilkinson has struggled to fill his vacancies. as a result, he has not had the harvest he hoped for. we were u- had the harvest he hoped for. - were up to 40% short of people in may and that resulted in us losing some of our asparagus crop and some of our spring onions, which cost us, as a business, quarter of a million. if you can t get the workers from abroad, what does that mean for your business? tt abroad, what does that mean for your business? ., ., , business? if government don t listen and then give business? if government don t listen and then give us business? if government don t listen and then give us the business? if government don t listen and then give us the people, - business? if government don t listen and then give us the people, we - business? if government don ....
Nancy and kathy were fast friends. that s how nancy was. like when she read plans to leave town for the winter. she decided to rent her house to a retired doctor and his horticultural as wife. total strangers. who she befriended in a heartbeat. actually invited them to move in a month early. so she and dr. trey and his wife, who also happen to be named nancy. they all live together like roommates. she said i m going to take you under my wing, and have my friends. and i know a lot of people around here. but now, in february 2014. at just 57. nancy was gone. meredith! apparently in her own bed. while the grave was still very fresh, much of aspen crowded into the storied, hotel drone. for our memorial, that was more like a goodbye party. i remember when she died, we ....