Apple growers grapple with unsustainable labor costs

An apple grower says while this year’s harvest has been fantastic, the labor cost environment overshadows most optimism.   Adam Brauer is the farm manager at Schwallier’s Country Basket in Sparta, Michigan. “As far as the future of apples, if we don’t have some type of change or some type of assistance or creative legislative […]

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