Moreover. this unregulated increase in volume of foreign imports throws the farm labor situation into chaos. At best. agricultural workers are never far removed from economic insufficiency and the present pattern of imports hurts them greatly. The Homestead Housing Authority. an organization charged with the responsibility for housing about 50 percent of the migrant agricultural workers in Florida. has stated that: The stabilization of migrant housing and migrant peoples income to pay rent isnt easy even under orderly market conditions because of the nature of highly perishable vegetables. It is nearly impossible under the wide open export situation existing today. Our Government must direct its efforts toward achieving reasonable agreements with trading partners and back them with an effective import quota law. The Fresh Fruits and Vegetables MarketSharing Act of 1972 is designed to promote these objectives. It provides that the total exports to the United States during the season would not exceed an agreed upon level based upon volume of shipment during a representative period.
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