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Funds sought to help Jamaican farmworkers
LOCAL APPLE ORCHARDISTS are gathering money and supplies to help the seasonal pickers, like Akeem Fearon (shown here at Sunrise Orchards in 2023), who have returned to their homes in hurricane-ravaged Jamaica.
Independent file photo/Steve James
November 6, 2025
Several Addison County orchards are raising money to support Jamaican farm workers impacted by Hurricane Melissa.
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