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Thursday, 29 April 2010 10:30

Farmworker Freeze Impact Update

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Record low temperatures in January devastated South Florida crops, and eliminated much of the need for farm labor.  For weeks, out-of-work Immokalee residents could be found hanging out on the streets and in soup kitchen lines.  WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports, the scene is improving now, but it’s not all due to a resurgence of work harvesting crops.


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