Upstate Orchard Putting New Farmworker Protections to the Test

Upstate orchard putting new farmworker protections to the test

Earlier this month, about a dozen workers arrived in Wolcott, a small town halfway between Rochester and Syracuse, to grow apple trees. At this time of year, farmworkers are grafting and budding, and planting long rows of seedlings.

An upstate orchard Is putting new farmworker protections to the test

Earlier this month, about a dozen workers arrived in Wolcott, a small town halfway between Rochester and Syracuse, to grow apple trees. At this time of year, farmworkers are grafting and budding, and planting long rows of seedlings.

An Upstate orchard is putting new farmworker protections to the test

This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here.Earlier this month, about a dozen workers arrived in Wolcott, a small town halfway between Rochester and Syracuse, to grow apple trees. At this time of year, farmworkers are grafting and budding — farmer-speak for fusing trees together — and planting long rows of seedlings.They traveled to Wafler Farms…