Many growers, particularly on the West Coast, didn’t have enough workers to pick their fruit last fall. The new year has just begun, but already fears are surfacing about not finding enough workers for the next harvest. Good Fruit Grower asked orchardists across the country about their work force plans for the coming year. Contingency plans John Lott, Bear Mountain Orchard Aspers, Pennsylvania Grower-packer John Lott said his family-run business, which produces apples, peaches, nectarines, cherries, and pears on about 1,000 acres, had just enough labor to pick the crop. But he believes their short crop, which was off by […]