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and sometimes they show up a few days early,” he explained.
To questions from BZA member Gregory Monahan, Mr. Sharp said he employed as many as 30 pickers at the height of the season. All are migrants; local people move bins, drive trucks, ticket boxes and check fruit for bruises, he said, adding that it’s difficult to find pickers in Rappahannock.
Mr. Sharp maintained that the migrant workers are all temporary, seasonal workers, as specified by the permit, adding that the zoning ordinance which the supervisors are set to adopt
next month defines seasonal as nine months of the year. Under questioning, he reported that the orchard foreman, Alfredo, had lived in the migrant camp for eight to 10 months at a stretch, “in and out.” In addition, Mr. Sharp said that three or four pruners were there last winter, with 20 months the estimated period of longest continuous occupancy of the camp. He acknowledged that a maximum of 16 workers might have been housed “a couple of times” for “a week or 10 days.”
“You’re testifying that there have been violations of this permit,” cautioned Mr. Monahan.
When 16 workers were housed at the camp it came at a time when “some were coming, some were leaving . . . Sometimes crews come a few days earlier than we want them,” Mr. Sharp replied.
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