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Wednesday, 16 February 2011 08:56

Economic Challenges for Farmworkers

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Bouts of freezing weather in December decimated crops, causing about 200 million dollars in economic losses to Southwest Florida’s agriculture. As temperatures increased, that kind of news fell from the headlines, but life for many in the town of Immokalee has become a daily struggle to survive. WGCU’s John Davis found farmworkers living in the woods because they say they can no longer live off the work they’re getting.

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