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CNN
06-08-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Deportation fallout: This farmer lost half his workforce. Now he's losing his crop too
Immigration AgricultureFacebookTweetLink Follow The cherries are rotting on the trees in Ian Chandler's orchards. Branch after branch hang heavy with fruit the Oregon farmer calls 'mummified' — dark, shriveled and unappetizing. They should have been picked a couple of weeks ago to tempt shoppers at markets and stores, or processed to garnish Shirley Temple mocktails, shiny and fat, promising bursts of sweetness. The lost harvest has hit almost a quarter of Chandler's 125 acres of cherry trees — not because of bad weather, disease or blight, just because there was no one to pick the fruit. 'What you're going to see is a bunch of fat, happy raccoons this winter,' Chandler said ruefully, standing amid his still burdened trees. 'Unfortunately, we weren't able to harvest these.' He said he's built up a loyal seasonal workforce for his Wasco County operation called CE Farm Management, about 90 minutes from Portland, with the same people coming year after year and staying in touch with birth announcements and Christmas cards in between. But this year half of them did not arrive, and many of his neighbors were scrambling for pickers too. All told, Chandler said he will lose $250,000-$300,000 of revenue, left to rot on the trees. 'It's lost revenue for the operation, which is one thing, but it's also lost revenue for the workers that would have been able to pick them had they been here,' he said. 'The beginning of the season, it coincided, unfortunately, with a lot of really strong immigration enforcement down in southern California, where our workforce comes from, and that had a chilling effect on people wanting to move.' Chandler's pickers are mostly Latinos who follow the harvests in the west and northwest. But with raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on cities and workplaces and detentions and even deportations ensnaring many with no criminal records, he has seen a dramatic drop-off in labor this year. It's a situation that's being repeated across the nation as crops ripen for harvest. The US Department of Agriculture estimates 42% of hired crop farmworkers are undocumented immigrants, with no authorization to work. Another 26% are immigrants who have become citizens or permanent residents. Since April, 1.4 million people have dropped out of the US labor force — 802,000 of whom were foreign-born, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Farmworkers are not tracked in the official monthly jobs reports, but analysts agree immigration policy is having an impact generally across the nation. The issue has come to the attention of President Donald Trump, who promised help for the agricultural sector in a Tuesday morning phone interview with CNBC. 'I take care of the farmers. I love the farmers. They're a very important part of this country, and we don't want to do anything to hurt the farmers,' he said. Vice President JD Vance has said his preferred solution is automation. But Chandler's farm won't be mechanized — he believes cherries are best harvested by hand, preferably an experienced one to not rip off next year's crop that's already showing as buds. He does hire locally, but he says Oregonians, whether they are students on summer break or adults looking for full-time employment, only last in non-picking positions, like scanning buckets of produce or driving a tractor. 'I worked in high school in the cherry industry back in the 90s and then got back into this industry back in 2011 until current. You do not find people who are normally born here in the United States, unless they're children of immigrants who are already doing this work, who want to work in this kind of industry,' he said. 'It just doesn't exist.' Nevertheless, everyone hired by Chandler provides identification and work authorization so he does not know who may be in the country illegally. 'We've had relationships with these workers for years,' he said. 'You talk to a family, you get a good relationship with them, they recommend more family members, and that's how you build up your workforce. You could have all the children born in the United States, but if mom's still trying to work through the immigration system, and has an issue, the whole family might say, 'Look, we're not going to risk it, because we don't want mom to get picked up, so we're going to stay down in California.' So, then we lose our workforce.' One of those absent from Oregon farms this year is a woman who told us to call her Lisa. She has permission to work through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, but asked her actual name not be used for fear it might hamper her DACA renewal. Her three young children are all US citizens, but she worries about her mother and stepfather who have lived in the US for decades as undocumented workers and so she stayed in California. 'My parents are agriculture workers and seasonal workers, so every summer they will migrate to the state of Oregon to work the cherry season,' she said, adding that she and the children would often join them. 'But this year, we decided to stay home just to be safe.' While Chandler pointed out the financial loss he and his workers will suffer this season, Lisa highlighted the impact on small farmers like Chandler. And both said the federal government will also lose out. 'There is no shady under-the-table stuff. It's all above board,' Chandler said, noting the deductions he made from each worker's check to pay federal and local taxes and make contributions to Medicare and Social Security. 'There seems to be a big disconnect when (opponents say,) 'There's this shadow economy of undocumented people being paid in certain ways.' No, everything is above board. Everybody shows documentation to work.' Lisa said about $150 was automatically deducted from her paycheck of some $900, and she thought the same was true for her parents even though they cannot file for a tax refund or use Medicare or Social Security, both of which they pay into. The tax argument was raised by Trump too in his CNBC interview. 'We're going to be coming out with rules and regulations. I mean, you'll see a farmer with the same person working for him for 20 years. The person's even paying taxes and other things,' Trump said, drawing a distinction between hard-working undocumented immigrants who work on farms and those who commit violent crimes. The word 'criminal' is a trigger for Lisa, who choked up as she stressed her mother had not committed any crimes. And she highlighted the role her parents played in keeping food on American tables during the Covid-19 outbreak. 'I remember back in 2020 when the whole pandemic happened, my parents were being considered essential workers,' she said. 'My parents were working, exposing themselves, to bring food to the table for other people.' Agricultural workers were given special permission to travel and work when much of the nation stayed at home in 2020. Lisa, then an EMT, was also busy, she said. 'That year, that summer, my parents took my kids to Oregon just so I could work in the front line and transport patients to the hospital so they could get the treatment that they needed. My parents were keeping my kids safe during that time so I could be out there in the front line.' In the fields of Oregon, farmers and managers are trying to keep up morale. Chandler leans into his six years of service as an Army infantry officer, trying to buoy his workers as he once buoyed his troops in Iraq. 'You have to have the intestinal fortitude to keep on going, because all of your workers depend on you, and … you got to show the positive face.' At a nearby berry farm, crew supervisor Manuel Nava said his teams of pickers of course wanted the money each container of fruit would earn them — about $5 for each bucket of blueberries picked — but they also felt they deserved respect. 'When they hear all those comments on the news and the TV, they don't like it,' he said. 'They say, 'look how hard we're working under the sun when it's 80, 85 … who's going to do the jobs if we quit or we leave?' It's a big conversation. It's hard work.' Nava says there are wider implications of these crackdowns, warning they will spread beyond agriculture. Many of his workers rotate to different industries after the season is over, including making Christmas wreaths. 'If the immigration (officials) keep playing the way they are, they're pretty hard with people, it will not only impact farms, it will impact … construction, landscaping,' he said. Nava said another key part of his work this year is tamping down any unnecessary fears and countering misinformation posted on social media and spread amongst farm workers in WhatsApp groups. His farm has even taken steps to reassure their workers, posting signs that require all visitors, including government agents, to stop and get permission before they can come onto the property. 'I think (our employees) like to know that we support them and that we know that they're part of our community and we want to look out for them,' said Oregon farmer Katie Bolton. 'They come out here and do hard work every day for us. Without them, we don't have crops that go out to the fields, so we respect what they do for us on a daily basis.' While keeping out of sight in central California, Lisa said she and other workers closely follow which farmers are publicly backing their workers. 'It's really important,' she stressed. 'I wish there were more people like them supporting people like us.' It's why cherry farmer Ian Chandler is continuing to press the issue, despite normally trying to avoid politics and focus on his crops. 'We work with normal people, good, hard-working people that have a good work ethic,' he said. 'That's exactly what the United States needs and wants. And hopefully, there's a way forward on comprehensive immigration reform. As an industry, we need it. As a country, we need it. This is a workforce that's vital for continuing the economic prosperity of the United States.' 'And it's not just our industry,' he added. 'It's all of the interconnected industries that rely on the base of agriculture in our community to make everything work. If the base of agriculture struggles, everything else is going to struggle as well.' As she sits in her mother's kitchen chopping vegetables for ceviche, Lisa said her family is trying to stay indoors to avoid detection and, she admits, they are often bored. Her youngest son flips a frisbee with the words 'Life is good' on it as her middle child squishes Play-Doh. Both would benefit from outdoor activity — one to strengthen asthmatic lungs and the other to counter a vitamin D deficiency, Lisa said — but for now they're inside, shades drawn to keep out some of the summer heat and away from any prying eyes. For her and her mixed-status three-generation family, cherry picking meant more than money. 'It's almost like a tradition, every single summer we will go up there, we will pick cherries, and then after work we will get to know more places in Oregon,' she said. Still, even this year a little bit of Oregon has made it to central California. Across the kitchen, there's a cardboard box brought by a relative. It's full of cherries, picked from an Oregon farm. Unlike the ones now rotting on Ian Chandler's farm, these had a chance to be harvested by hand and are in their prime — plump and juicy and ready to eat. CNN's Harper Stephanopoulos, David Goldman and Kit Maher contributed to this story.
Boston Globe
23-06-2025
- Business
- Boston Globe
Fizz, fizz: Spindrift gets back into the soda biz
Now, as the seltzer category loses its fizz and 'better-for-you' sodas have become all the buzz, Spindrift is back in the supermarket soda section. In March, the company, now based in Newton, unveiled plans to roll out five soda flavors — in cans instead of bottles this time — to stores over the spring and summer. A sign at the bar at Sprindrift's Newton headquarters. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff Advertisement With flavors like the Shirley Temple (cherry) and Concord Freeze (grape), the sodas are sweetened with actual fruit juice, making up roughly 20 percent of the drink, and don't contain any added sugars. That means fewer calories — around 40 for a 12-ounce can, rather than the 150 range found in mass-market sodas — though also a higher price point. Twelve-packs sell for around $25, two to four times the typical cost of a 12-pack of Coke. And they're generally more tart-tasting than the first iteration of Spindrift sodas, which used cane sugar. Advertisement 'We believe our product has a little sweetness, a little sour,' Creelman said. 'You don't miss the sugar. ... The challenge was, can you create the intensity without adding a bunch of junk to it?' Creelman's soda rollout came less than a month after he Creelman and Burwick first got to know each other around 10 years ago, when Burwick was leading Peet's Coffee. They shared an affinity for Boston, and for what Creelman calls 'this crazy beverage business.' Burwick retired from Boston Beer a year ago after about six years leading the craft brewer. Burwick sees a similar opportunity in soft drinks to what his former boss, Boston Beer chairman Jim Koch, saw in beer in the 1980s: a market for a premium beverage that people will pay more money for. Burwick spent most of the '90s and 2000s working at PepsiCo and said the soda giant back then found it challenging to create a premium-priced soft drink that consumers wanted to buy. Atti Shepherd, with Spindrift's trade marketing department, pours a glass of their new Shirley Temple soda. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff But the 'better-for-you' soda is finally having its moment, with lower-calorie, prebiotic drinks such as Olipop and Poppi seemingly everywhere these days. Just last month, Burwick's old employer, For Spindrift, the timing couldn't be better, said Gary Hemphill, managing director of Beverage Marketing Corp. Advertisement 'Consumers have shown they're open to 'better-for-you' sodas,' he said. 'It's a really great way to broaden the brand and the trademark, and grow their sales.' Today, Spindrift employs about 200 people, Spindrift has engendered a certain amount of loyalty over the years among natural foods sellers, such as E.N. May, a manager with the Healthy Living group of three stores in Vermont and upstate New York. May said he thought it was smart for Spindrift to get back into the soda business. As soon as he heard the news, he said, he knew it was a great idea. And as he expected, Healthy Living shoppers have warmed to the new Spindrift soda, with the Shirley Temple flavor a favorite among them. 'Pretty much anything they come out with, I think, is worth putting on the shelves as soon as I can get it,' May said. 'If I don't, I'll know I'll be getting requests from customers.' Jon Chesto can be reached at
Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Paige Bueckers' Shirley Temple Gatorade sounds weird, tastes ... good
Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers loves a good Shirley Temple. So, Gatorade made a custom flavor for her and sent it my way. If you're unfamiliar with why Gatorade would go out of its way to make such a strange flavor. Allow me to explain: Bueckers, who partnered with the company in 2021, has never been shy about her love for the classic drink. In fact, she's gone out of her way to tweet about how much they mean to her. Advertisement "I know a Shirley Temple hates to see me coming," Bueckers shared in 2024. After a recent home win against the Golden State Valkyries, Gatorade surprised Bueckers with the limited edition creation, and she was totally stoked. "Shirley Temple is like my favorite drink of all time," she excitedly told the media. "So, they put it in a Gatorade flavor. So, pretty fire." Shout-out to the good folks at Gatorade because they graciously sent me several bottles of Bueckers' favorite flavor, and I tried it. We decided to see if it was actually "pretty fire." Gatorade's Paige Bueckers-inspired Shirley Temple flavor grade: B I won't lie. A Shirley Temple Gatorade sounds absolutely strange ― weird even ― but it tastes ... good? Upon opening the bottle, there's this huge burst of cherry scent, and I knew immediately I was in for a ride. Advertisement However, to my surprise, it tastes exactly how you think Shirley Temple mixed with Gatorade would taste. (It's hard to explain, but those who know, know.) There's a sweet punch of flavor that stands out immediately, and reflects what would typically be the Grenadine syrup from a Shirley Temple. What's more, while there is no ginger ale, there's an odd something (Gatorade magic perhaps?) that hangs in the background, which gives the subtle undertones of ginger ale. The only thing missing from this is the literal cherry Shirley Temples carry to top it all off. This special Gatorade flavor also made me think it would taste amazing frozen. Like a slushie of sorts, or like those flavored Fun Pop sticks we used to eat during the summer as kids. (You know the ones. Those flavored frozen juice tubes probably gave us a brain freeze more times than we care to admit because we ate them so fast. It tastes like that. Hello, nostalgia and Summer in a bottle!) Anyways, this is one of the most Paige Bueckers things I've ever seen, and Gatorade pretty much nailed it as only they can. Kudos to them. It was solid. I probably wouldn't drink it every day ― I'll leave that to Bueckers ― but it was an awesome experience. This article originally appeared on For The Win: Paige Bueckers Shirley Temple Gatorade sounds weird, tastes good
USA Today
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Paige Bueckers' Shirley Temple Gatorade sounds weird, tastes ... good
Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers loves a good Shirley Temple. So, Gatorade made a custom flavor for her and sent it my way. If you're unfamiliar with why Gatorade would go out of its way to make such a strange flavor. Allow me to explain: Bueckers, who partnered with the company in 2021, has never been shy about her love for the classic drink. In fact, she's gone out of her way to tweet about how much they mean to her. "I know a Shirley Temple hates to see me coming," Bueckers shared in 2024. After a recent home win against the Golden State Valkyries, Gatorade surprised Bueckers with the limited edition creation, and she was totally stoked. "Shirley Temple is like my favorite drink of all time," she excitedly told the media. "So, they put it in a Gatorade flavor. So, pretty fire." Shout-out to the good folks at Gatorade because they graciously sent me several bottles of Bueckers' favorite flavor, and I tried it. We decided to see if it was actually "pretty fire." Gatorade's Paige Bueckers-inspired Shirley Temple flavor grade: B I won't lie. A Shirley Temple Gatorade sounds absolutely strange ― weird even ― but it tastes ... good? Upon opening the bottle, there's this huge burst of cherry scent, and I knew immediately I was in for a ride. However, to my surprise, it tastes exactly how you think Shirley Temple mixed with Gatorade would taste. (It's hard to explain, but those who know, know.) There's a sweet punch of flavor that stands out immediately, and reflects what would typically be the Grenadine syrup from a Shirley Temple. What's more, while there is no ginger ale, there's an odd something (Gatorade magic perhaps?) that hangs in the background, which gives the subtle undertones of ginger ale. The only thing missing from this is the literal cherry Shirley Temples carry to top it all off. This special Gatorade flavor also made me think it would taste amazing frozen. Like a slushie of sorts, or like those flavored Fun Pop sticks we used to eat during the summer as kids. (You know the ones. Those flavored frozen juice tubes probably gave us a brain freeze more times than we care to admit because we ate them so fast. It tastes like that. Hello, nostalgia and Summer in a bottle!) Anyways, this is one of the most Paige Bueckers things I've ever seen, and Gatorade pretty much nailed it as only they can. Kudos to them. It was solid. I probably wouldn't drink it every day ― I'll leave that to Bueckers ― but it was an awesome experience.
New Statesman
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- New Statesman
HBO and the cursed child
Photo by Murray Close/ Getty Images A new Harry Potter TV show is taking shape. It's going to air over ten years on HBO, starting in 2026; its three child leads were announced last week and by the time it's done they'll be in their early twenties, lives in tatters. So everyone says. 'Please protect these children from any evil adults that they encounter,' says one poster. Hermione's new actress resembles the book character but is of ambiguous ethnicity; there are more commenters predicting floods of racist abuse than actually giving it out. A high-profile Harry Potter news account laments that their parents have 'thrust them' into 'JK Rowling's toxic sphere of influence;' Emma Watson's father has issued a stern warning to the new cast's families about the difficulties of childhood fame; a TV reporter at Metro has taken the cue to write how she is 'truly concerned about what will happen to the new Harry, Ron, and Hermione.' Newly confirmed castmembers Arabella Stanton, Dominic McLaughlin, and Alastair Stout. Photograph by Courtesy of Aidan Monaghan/HBO You can't even blame the onlookers for pre-empting a trauma story: the depths of human depravity surface so regularly in our popular culture that you can barely refer to them as 'depths' anymore. We seem to live in a very early Germanic fairy tale, with predators around every corner. There's a thriving market for 'misery lit,' those books that come with Elena Ferrante-style pastel covers but actually feature detailed and disturbing descriptions of child abuse. I'm Glad My Mom Died, an abuse memoir by ex-Nickolodeon star Jeanette McCurdy, has sold over two million copies; Netflix's executives seem obsessed with running documentaries about the sordid depths of children's TV and the kidfluencer sphere. Audiences are no longer satisfied by news reports; traumatic events must get verbal or thespian play-by-plays, as in HBO's Leaving Neverland and the BBC's Jimmy Savile drama The Reckoning. The trauma-seeking impulse seems even stronger the further you go back: you can make thousands on YouTube uploading videos with titles like 'Disturbing Horrors Behind Shirley Temple That'll RUIN Your Childhood.' This obsession did not always exist. It didn't have to because Hollywood used to be interesting. There were stars and their stock characters, a network of in-house 'fan magazines', the industry worked like a soap opera. This system mostly died out with the stars themselves. There is no grand narrative anymore: Hollywood is staffed by independent contractors and filled with bits of blind gossip that diverge from each other Rashomon-style. The best way to make meaning out of this fragmented industry is by searching for abuse and trauma. To howl about the 'evil adults' lurking on the banks of Hollywood's Styx. We're in a depression, but there can never be another Shirley Temple to dance us out of it; the culture industries that used to hold people in thrall are now under permanent suspicion. The online commenters have it twisted. Hollywood is obsessed with its Lindsay Lohans and Amanda Bynseses, but you never hear about the child stars who haven't been scarred; well-adjusted adults do nothing for the larger narrative. The original three actors made it to adulthood seemingly unscathed and accessed opportunities that would have likely been off-limits without their cultural cache; you can't automatically predict that the new cast will go off the rails, and you can't blame the parents for setting their talented children up for life. In the age of national pessimism it is cheering to see a British cultural property spawning multiple generations of celebrities. We should suspend our disbelief and be happy for them. [See more: The People's Republic of iPhone] Subscribe to The New Statesman today from only £8.99 per month Subscribe Related
