* My hat goes off to Dana Parsons, who had the curiosity and gumption to seek out the other side of the story in his July 1 column about the controversial billboard that says, "Welcome to California, the Illegal Immigration State." Parsons focused on strawberry field workers.
I am president of Western Growers Assn., a trade association that represents 1,200 fresh produce farmers in California and Arizona.
As Parsons accurately pointed out when he visited Murai Farms (a member of WGA), the great majority of people in Orange County would be unwilling to perform field labor, no matter what the wage, because it is very hard work.
