Frank Gasperini Who would guess that, with unemployment at or just below double digits for three years, basic industries such as agriculture, food processing, restaurants, and others would experience labor shortages? Who would guess that, at the same time as agriculture—one of the few bright spots in the U.S. economy— is experiencing labor shortages, state and federal election candidates would promise to deport our existing workers, and regulators would continue to ramp up enforcement! Farm labor shortages were reported nationwide in 2011. Some states, such as Georgia and Alabama, passed strict new laws impacting labor-intensive agriculture. Georgia’s law is said […]