Farmers near London, Ont., are seeking additional help this summer since migrant workers won’t be able to make the trip due to COVID-19.
Last week, a new program was introduced to connect those interested in working in the agriculture industry with employers. Smith told 980 CFPL one of the goals of the campaign is to support people who are looking for work if they’re currently unemployed or laid-off due to COVID-19. “Those individuals are available when normally they wouldn’t be, so we have gotten together and done a campaign, which brings the attention to, let’s say, students, of the work opportunities in the agricultural sector — it might’ve been a sector that they have never thought about,” said Smith.