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Colorado peaches still ripe for picking, but joys of eating local may vanish

United States increasingly dependent for food, relying on foreign workers and imports

Bruce Finley of The Denver Post
By | bfinley@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Jose Diaz works on harvesting peaches in Palisade on July 21, 2023 in Palisade. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
Jose Diaz works on harvesting peaches in Palisade, Colorado, on July 21, 2023. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
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Producing the bright gold peaches long celebrated as Colorado’s most succulent crop increasingly requires imported workers, such as Armando Diaz of Mexico.
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