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  • June 2006 Issue
  • How are you attracting and retaining the labor force you need?

        Micky George Grower and shipper, Sultana, California Providing benefits “We will continue doing what we’ve been doing for a long time,” said Micky George, partner in George Brothers, Inc., a fruit grower and shipper in California’s San Joaquin Valley. “And that is to provide a better place to work and establish policies that are fair and are viewed as beneficial by our employees.” The family operation includes about 1,600 acres of peaches, plums, nectarines, table grapes, and citrus, and a commercial packing house with an annual volume of about one million boxes. About 70 percent of the fruit […]

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