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As farmworkers grow scarce, wages are on the rise

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 23, 2017
But that's not attracting native-born American laborers to the fields yet, L.A. Times reporter says.
California farmers face such tight labor pools that some are replacing grapes with almonds, which require much less human labor.
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Michigan's vineyards: Wine that survives the winter?

by Marketplace Contributor
Jun 18, 2014
A new wine region is developing in less-than-Mediterranean Midwestern states.
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Dutch winemaker saves old French vineyard

by John Laurenson
Apr 6, 2012
In France, land for development is at a premium, and vineyards are threatened, but Dutch winemaker Cornelius Kamerbeek saved one in the city of Nice.
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