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Farmers Organize Small Business Owners’ Meeting on Immigration
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How important is immigrant labor to our agricultural community and our local food system in general? Find out this Saturday at Plainville Farm. Wally Czajkowski & Michael Docter join Monte to talk about how important immigrants are on their farms.

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