Alabama farmers get new help for harvest from unemployed and students
Ellen Jenkins had 50 acres of produce and no one
to pick it, after Alabama’s tough new immigration law sent her field
hands packing.
“Me and my kids were going to just pick what we could and I didn’t even think we were going to get any help,” Jenkins said.
The fill-in workers were brought to the farm near Steele by Grow
Alabama, a Birmingham-based network that works with farmers from around
the state to market locally-grown produce. Just a few days after
launching the temporary assistance program, it’s been overwhelmed, Grow
Alabama head Jerry Spencer said Thursday.
Spencer is talking with the state agriculture department about finding
funding for transportation. And Agriculture Commissioner John McMillan
said Thursday that he’s trying to make arrangements to use people from
the Department of Corrections’ work-release program as field hands, and
to pull unemployed workers off the state rolls, as well. McMillan said
the details weren’t finalized, but there could be something up and
running next week.
Subjects – Alabama, illegal immigration, agriculture, farmers, workers, unemployed.
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