U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Steve Censky with language translation by Gerrit J. Strathmeyer, Jr. (fifth generation tree farmer), listens to a conversation between Guatemala Governance Minister Enrique Antonio Degenhart Asturias, Labor Minister Gabriel Vladimir Aguilera Bolaños, Economy Minister Acisclo Valladares Urruela, Agriculture Minister Mario Estuardo Méndez, Guatemala Ambassador to the United States of America Manuel Alfredo Espina Pinto,  and Mexican workers who  trim and shape Christmas trees; and mow fields at the Ground Roots (Christmas tree farm), in York, PA, on August 15, 2019.
<p>Ground Roots uses the H-2A visa program to support their workforce. For information about how USDA helps with the H-2A visa program, please visit this site:  www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2019/04/03/usda-launche... 
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Since 1932, the Strathmeyer family’s “Ground Roots” has been supplying Evergreen and Christmas Tree stock and supplies to growers, wholesalers, landscapers, and homeowners. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
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