"Behind the Scenes" Ken Forth discusses Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program

24/09/2018 12 min
"Behind the Scenes" Ken Forth discusses Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program

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Episode Synopsis

Canadian horticulture would be crippled without the efforts of seasonal agricultural workers from Mexico and the Caribbean.

Karen Davidson, editor of The Grower goes "Behind the Scenes" of the October 2018 cover story titled 'Hand it to 30,000+ seasonal workers who bring produce to market.' In the podcast, Ken Forth, president of FARMS, offers context and history on the 52-year-old Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program.