British strawberries in a jam over picker shortage

[Article] After weeks of uninterrupted sunshine the strawberry season is going strong in the so-called Garden of England. But with a shortage of seasonal labourers to pick the fruits, a trend exacerbated by Brexit, there are growing fears many may be left to rot on their stems.

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It's summer in England, and in the sun-drenched county of Kent the strawberry harvest is well underway.But this year, it’s a shortage of pickers -- not fruit -- that risks denting a bumper harvest.Alastair Brooks, farmer:"If you go back even to last year, there was sort of four or five applicants...
This article was published Monday, 3 September, 2018 by AFP (306 words)
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