Thousands of low-wage temporary farm workers come to Northumberland County each year to assist with nearly every aspect of the agriculture industry. They come in the very early spring to help prepare the operations. Then, they are involved in the planting, tending crops and mainly harvesting the produce you find in farmer’s markets through to grocery stores. Anytime you sit down to a meal, a migrant worker as most likely been involved. The Toronto Star once again brought to light the conditions many of the temporary workers face in Ontario every year. Today, I will be talking to someone who works with this community that is so vital to the local agriculture industry to find out what it is like for those migrant workers who come to Northumberland County.
My next guest is very special. Not only because she is one of my students from the journalism program where I teach, but she was also the intern who did the 4 p.m. newscasts for four months this summer. As many of you know, Northumberland 89.7 FM is in the midst of its Radiothon to raise $15,000 for new equipment for the station. If you wonder just what a difference a community radio station means to young people, her story is one you want to hear. Olivia is going to tell us just how community radio helped her gain skills and advance her journalism career in the second segment.
