When Roy Farms began expanding its blueberry operations, it struggled to find job candidates with the right mixture of management, horticulture and research background for its upper-level farm director positions."We had to broaden our search net and had to broaden it outside the U.S.," said Michael Roy, company president.The company looked to Mexico to fill two key spots. International recruiting is becoming more common in the fruit industry as companies vertically integrate and horticultural systems become more complex."Things are getting more sophisticated," said Eamonn Roach, a Pasco, Washington, immigration attorney familiar with the fruit industry's hiring needs.
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