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An Agricultural Labor Shortage?

Nick Ivicevich has been growing pears in northern California for 45 years, but never had he seen as good a crop as the one that blossomed here this season. “I thought I died and went to heaven,” he said. “I kept pinching myself. I could not believe how beautiful my crop was.” But now, much of his crop, almost two million pounds, lies on the ground — rotting away.  The problem — a lack of farm workers.  Click here for the ABC News story.

KJ