Now that a portion of your workforce has received their first dose, what changes have you seen in their attitude in regard to both the pandemic and the vaccine? Firstly, peace of mind for those who were able to get it and eagerness for those who haven’t. When it becomes more readily available, most of my workforce would like to get vaccinated. I have had so many phone calls from other farmers, other agricultural firms who want to know, “Hey, how did you get it? We want to get our people lined up.” People from the community, whether it be people that I
looking forward to the third generation being involved in the business and hopefully they’ll continue on with it. I’m going to make sure they are surrounded by a good team who can handle the adversity that comes with the job. Having new minds with new ideas and technology will bolster our operation, especially as the business continues to evolve.
Chardae Heim interviewed George Pappas for this interview.
George Pappas
knew or not, wanted to come over and get it, which was a really positive thing. But again, unfortunately there just weren’t enough vaccines available. What’s next for Pappas Produce? We’re a long-time grower-shipper-packer,
Ultimately, we had to go by age, similar to the state's protocol. We asked the oldest of our crew if they would like to be vaccinated and most of them said yes with very little resistance. Most of the individuals that were vaccinated were farmworkers and a few administrative workers.
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