Farm Worker Housing Needed

A lack of affordable housing for farmworkers is a drawback to expanding El Dorado County's $58 million agricultural industry, ag interests complain.

Representatives of the agricultural community say the local industry struggles to attract employees and would be hard-pressed to house the needed work force.

According to the 2006 El Dorado County crop report, prepared by the county's Agriculture Department, the county's gross crop value for 2006 was $58.8 million.    READ MORE

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