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exception hard working, dedicated and upright people,” said organic farmer Chris Bird. Noting that he has lived near Louis Moore’s labor camp for 10 years, Mr. Bird told the supervisors he has never had problems with the workers from that facility. “Instead of viewing migrant workers as a source of leprosy in this community, we should give these people the honor and respect they deserve.”
“I think my son is one of the best men I’ve ever known,” said orchardist George Sharp. Calling fruit production “a very difficult proposition” and “a very chancy business,” he asked that the permit be granted to eliminate a little of the difficulty and the chance.
Farmer and orchardist Clifford Miller, who still has fhiit trees planted by his father in 1916, seconded the Sharps’ contention that finding good local labor is impossible. “I don’t see how he can continue to work without getting outside people.”
Retired Judge Rayner Snead, a former orchardist, said his experience with migrant labor goes back to the 1940s when German prisoners of war worked Rappahannock’s orchards. “I never had any difficulties.” Judge Snead noted that the Sharps are among the last of the big fruit producers in the county. “I tried to count up the ones who are left and I couldn’t get to 10,” he said, asking the supervisors to “do what you can to protect this dying business.”
Col. E. P. Luke, former chair(Continued
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