KentOnline

bannermobile

News

Sport

Business

What's On

Advertise

Contact

Other KM sites

CORONAVIRUS WATCH KMTV LIVE SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTERS LISTEN TO OUR PODCASTS LISTEN TO KMFM
SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE
News

Oakedene Farm, Maidstone, struggles to recruit fruit pickers

By: Ellis Stephenson

Published: 21:15, 27 November 2017

A Kent farm has had to dump tonnes of raspberries after no one could be employed to pick them.

Bosses blamed the waste of Britain's impending departure from the European Union, which has made finding people to pick the fruit a rarity.

The farm has also found it more and more difficult to retain workers.

WATCH: Fruit farm dumps tonnes of raspberries

More by this author

sticky

© KM Group - 2024