If you’ve been to the grocery store recently, you might have started seeing cherries on display. Washington farmworkers are starting to harvest the state's cherry crop, which means those cherries are making their way from the trees, to the store, to your home.But what if the farmworkers harvesting those crops have trouble finding a home? Most likely, it would significantly impact what makes it on grocery store shelves, which is why new federal funding aims to solve this issue.
" If farmworkers can’t find housing, it could become a larger, growing problem for many. The Washington State Department of Commerce says the agriculture and food manufacturing industry generates more than $21 billion in revenue annually, meaning the state's economy is quite reliant on being the top producer of apples, blueberries, hops, pears, spearmint oil and sweet cherries.