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Thousands apply to be local fruit and veg pickers
Farms across the UK are facing a season without their usual overseas workforce due to coronavirus travel restrictions.
However, more than 36,000 applications for pickers had been received by Monday after three firms teamed up to call on locals to "help feed the nation" by ensuring there are enough people to pick homegrown produce from May to August before it spoils.
Fruitful Jobs joined labour providers HOPS and Concordia to find workers, with so many applicants they have had to turn some away because of the "massive" an "overwhelming" response. They have filled all opening until the end of May.
Home Grown, an organisation working to connect farms with their communities, has set up an iteractive map called Land Army to help job seekers find seasonal work.
Furloughed staff have the right to seek work elsewhere during the shutdown as long as they ahve the permission of their main employer and are able to complete any training required of them while stood down.
The British Growers Association said 70,000 seasonal staff a year are needed.