[Vision2020] Pickle Pickle

[Katherine Sprague]

Many US pickle plants have closed because there are no workers to harvest 
the cucumbers. Without the migrant workers, many of whom were here 
illegally, the farmers chose to not plant a crop that would end up rotting 
on the vine. I saw a news story on the closure of Oregon's largest pickle 
factory.
The lack of farm labor is actually hurting the farm economies of both 
Washington and Oregon. It really is time to rethink current policies and 
figure out how to manage a guest worker program. Or else we need to get used 
to pickles from India.

Kathy Sprague