ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「Each cherry season, up to 24 billion individual cherries must be picked, separately — every one of them by hand.⁣ ⁣ During 8 weeks of craziness in Washington State, cherries are plucked from their trees and placed carefully into bags and buckets and bins. Later in the season, many of the same hands will pick and place each peach and plum and apricot, every single apple — 5 and a half billion pounds, just of apples, just in Washington, just last year. ⁣ ⁣ For years, the tree-fruit industry in Washington — like the salad industry in California, the blueberry industry in New Jersey and the tomato industry in Florida — has been struggling to find the workers it needs to keep producing food. ⁣ ⁣ ‘‘Everyone’s squeezed pretty much to the limit,’’ one cherry farmer told @nytmag, ‘‘It’s kind of an ugly time.’’ ⁣ ⁣ During the pandemic, the highly-skilled workers who pick the cherries, some of them undocumented, suddenly found themselves rebranded as essential and had to keep working. ⁣ ⁣ Tap the link in our bio to read more from @nytmag on this year’s cherry season. Photos by @jovelletamayo.⁣」8月17日 9時19分