The UK's Prince Charles has called on students and furloughed workers to pick fruit and vegetables to plug shortages in the labor market caused by the coronavirus pandemic
The UK's Prince Charles has called on students and furloughed workers to pick fruit and vegetables to plug shortages in the labor market caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
In a video posted to Twitter, Charles, the heir to the British throne, asked people to take on the"unglamorous" task of picking fruit and vegetables to help farmers. "At this time of great uncertainty, many of our normal routines and regular patterns of life are being challenged," he said to the camera, promoting the UK government's Pick For Britain campaign, which is seeking to recruit students or people who have been furloughed.
The Prince of Wales has shared a message in support of the #PickForBritain campaign. 🍓🍏🍅@DefraGovUK pic.twitter.com/a7WIDYo7E0 — Clarence House May 19, 2020 "If we are to harvest British fruit and vegetables this year, we need an army of people to help," he said. The Duke of Cornwall, 71, compared would-be pickers to the Land Army of World War II, where women and girls volunteered or were conscripted into undertaking agricultural work after many men left the country to fight. Read More"In the coming months, many thousands of people will be needed to bring in the crops.
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