There is a very small crop of apples in Michigan this fall, and China, formerly a large exporter of apples, is keeping many more for home consumption...but there are huge crops in Washington State, with not enough people to pick them, despite increased pay and better conditions. There are fewer migrant agricultural workers, and not many coming to the US to work the harvest season...
http://www.npr.org/...
Please note some of the traditional right wing NPR comments blaming it all on the libruls...
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