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MARK HARRISON / THE SEATTLE TIMES
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Monday, June 25, 2012

Plenty of asparagus, few workers to pick it

Asparagus remnants form ferns in a cornfield where grower Gary Larsen couldn't find enough workers to harvest the former crop. "I'm scared to death right now," said Larsen, one of the state's larger asparagus growers.