Hi Bill and All:
When I worked in Pennsylvania most apple pickers made AT LEAST
$10/HOUR. The old sob stories of apple growers exploiting orchard
workers WERE JUST NOT TRUE. They worked real hard and made good
money. Workers pruning were also making a minimum of $10/HOUR
Please, a PR person in the apple industry needs to straighten them out.
Tim Smith is right on!!!!!!!
Best regards, George
Unfortunately, the text implies that rather than the $2/day chinese
apple pickers earn, apple pickers in America earn $9-$15 (a day). As
a publisher, perhaps you (Matt) could remind them that integrity is
all the news media has to convince readers/listeners of the veracity
of their stories. You might also want to tell them how long this has
been going on, and that news is best served fresh. Thanks for
bringing it to our attention.
Bill Shoemaker, Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
University of Illinois - St Charles Horticulture Research Center
<http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/faculty/directory/shoemaker_wh.html>www..nres.uiuc.edu/faculty/directory/shoemaker_wh.html
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From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Matt McCallum
To: <mailto:[email protected]>Apple-Crop
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 8:03 AM
Subject: Apple-Crop: Apple Juice story
Check out the October 9, Lou Dobbs Tonight story on Chinese apple
juice concentrate. They made a big deal that most of the apple
juice sold is from Chinese concentrate - wow talk about being late
to the party...
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