[AT] OT robot apple pickers

[James Peck]

I interviewed for a manufacturing job in one of the Shenandoah Valley urban centers in the late 80s. Think Patsy Cline. Due to the high property values, I chose not to take it.

The real estate lady showing me around said that the apple growers had formerly controlled the Chamber of Commerce there for a long time with the goal of keeping out industry. They wanted a supply of underemployed local folks eager to pick apples when the opportunity came.

Jamaican pickers brought the Ganja trade.

Carl Gogol Manlius NY AT List member (cgogol1971 at gmail.com); Just wondering James, What and where (any state) is anything harvested or milked these days without a high content or immigrant labor?  Not sure I understand your statement, immigrant labor is everywhere as I see it.
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