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1978
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| When the Haitians entered migrant labor, potato harvesting was becoming increasingly mechanized. By the end of the '80's machines had replaced most workers and few jobs remained. While many upwardly mobile Haitians saw better opportunities in other crops and moved to harvest apples elsewhere in upstate New York, others settled in urban centers. |
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| Potato farming had become more capital-intensive by the late 1980s. With mechanical harvesters digging and loading potatoes in the field, fewer workers were needed locally. As African-American and Haitian migrants moved elsewhere, into other work or crops, the Center expanded its outreach to Latinos in other counties. The population it serves, now mainly Latino, has stabilized in the last decade, to 750 to 1,000 farmworkers a year. |
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