DiMeo’s Dad’s Farm Fined For Running Out Of Drinks For Migrant Workers

Yesterday, Anthony DiMeo father’s Columbia Fruit Farms Inc., agreed to pay a $45,000 fine for violating federal labor laws. According to an investigation, Columbia Fruit Farms was housing more than 300 workers in a camp designed for 197, was paying workers below minimum wage and failed to maintain proper records.

How dare they not maintain proper records! The farm has agreed to upgrade conditions at the Hammonton farm, and lost a bunch of artwork that the underpaid migrant workers stole from the farm’s 197-person camp.

Update, 2:14 p.m.: An earlier version of this story called it DiMeo Farms. That was incorrect. The farm, Columbia Fruit Farms, is owned by Anthony DiMeo’s father along with William Dimeo. I suppose that’s why he’s “Anthony DiMeo III.” As DiMeo notes in a in an email: “The DiMeo family with all of our farms combined own over 1000 acres of farm land in the State of New Jersey and there are SEVERAL different farms owned by various members of the DiMeo family.” DiMeo confirmed he has no involvement in this farm.

He’s correct. I misread the AP story wrong, which is pretty impressive since it was only four paragraphs long. I apologize for my stupid mistake. The story has been corrected.

Blueberry farm to be fined for workers’ conditions [AP/Inquirer]
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