Less work, more workers for agriculture - Good Fruit Grower

Less work, more workers for agriculture - Good Fruit Grower

Alondra Bruno of Grandview, Washington, prunes PremA153 trees (the apple marketed as Lemonade) from a ladder in March near Prosser, while her co-worker, Areli Galvan of Sunnyside, works on the ground. Sluggish economic conditions in the agriculture and construction industries have made domestic workers more available. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower)For the first time in decades, tree fruit growers in the Northwest are finding it easier to hire…