OK OK guys I will attempt to straighten out Lou - maybe he would let
me on the show to debate it!!!
On Oct 17, 2007, at 1:49 PM, George M. Greene wrote:
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
www..nres.uiuc.edu/faculty/directory/shoemaker_wh.html
----- Original Message -----
From: Matt McCallum
To: 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...
http://media.vmsnews.com/MR.pl?id=100907-800813-Q001194320.
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