Infographic: Agriculture in North Carolina

This infographic describes the important role the agriculture industry plays in North Carolina, and highlights the industry’s reliance on the immigrant workforce as well as its growing labor shortage needs.

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Sources:

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article239844163.html

https://www.farmprogress.com/tobacco/north-carolina-growers-facing-labor-shortages

https://norml.org/laws/north-carolina-top-10-cash-cropshttps:/norml.org/legal/item/north-carolina-top-10-cash-crops

https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/naws/pdfs/NAWS_Research_Report_13.pdf

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/05/15/north-carolina-needed-6500-farm-workers-only-7-americans-stuck-it-out/

https://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/pdf/2c.%20AEWR%20TRends%20in%20PDF_12.16.19.pdf

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