May 20, 2013
Fruit farmers fight to rebound from last year

Like so many Michigan fruit growers this week, Rodney Winkel is sweating it. He’s up before the sun, checking his apple blossoms, organizing migrant workers to pick his asparagus — and feeling the weight of owning a farm.

He and other farmers are in the fight of their lives. Detroit Free Press

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