Maine’s Food-Related Workforce: Characteristics and Challenges

Maine’s Food-Related Workforce: Characteristics and Challenges

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Valerie J. Carter
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center 2011-07-01
Series:	Maine Policy Review
Subjects:	maine food system workforce food system wages maine farmers migrant workers refugee agriculture
Online Access:	https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mpr/vol20/iss1/29

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