Lucio Machado picks Golden Delicious in a Wenatchee, Washington, orchard. Fear of a repeat of last fall’s labor shortage in the Pacific Northwest has many growers thinking about the H-2A program, the only legal means of bringing temporary agricultural foreign workers into the United States. While many agricultural employers across the country have found the program a worthwhile way to fill seasonal jobs, it’s not for everybody, says farm labor expert Mike Gempler. In a nutshell, Gempler, executive director of the Washington Growers League, said the program allows agricultural employers to recruit workers from a foreign country if recruiting efforts […]