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I also went on the harvest crew the next year. It is definately something to do once in your lifetime.

Sometimes you just need to get away from home to figure out how much you love it. I've left Lancaster several times and am away right now but would love nothing better than to go back down there and run my Grandpas farm.

Stan

One piece of advice, though...make sure what you're going TOWARD is not worse than what you're getting away FROM. Unfortunately, the only way you'll find out is to "just do it", as they say in the Nike ads. You'll do fine, just have an open mind, listen more than you talk, and give your boss a little more than he's paying you for. I know it may sound old-fashioned, but it worked for me and it will work for you.

Stan Huff
Melbourne, FL

I don't have the names right now but their job adds will soon start. The guy I talked with didn't want anything to do with two old farmers and their wives travelling by 24' air stream. He said. "Old guys like are too independent."

You send me an e mail, and I will watch adds here for you. I think the good employers must have some kind of deal whereby a percentage of crew are American and Canadian, as they seem to cross the border with few hurdles. Another big employer is the east coast low bush blueberry harvest. New England in the US and Maritime provinces of Canada. They use automated harvesters and the New England harvest starts about 3 weeks before the Maritime harvest. Many of the same machines and people there cross the border as well. I have trucked a few loads of berries away from these guys, they are always a mix crew of Canadian and American.

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