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Migrant labor essential for decades of York County harvest

Migrant labor essential for decades of York County harvest

I started working on my April York Sunday News column, which you can read below, about two months ago.  We were just starting to hear more about COVID-19 then.  By the time it was finished and published in the paper a couple of weeks ago, it became even more relevant. 

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