Labor reform remains the industry's biggest legislative priority.
AmericanHort Vice President of Advocacy and Government Affairs Matt Mika outlined the organization's priorities on Capitol Hill at the AmericanHort State of the Industry address at Cultivate’26.
When Mika asked attendees about the biggest challenge facing horticulture, the answer came quickly.
"Labor, labor, labor," he says.
He noted that labor now accounts for roughly 44% of growers' input costs and highlighted AmericanHort's work supporting legislation that would modernize and simplify the H-2A program.
"We need everyone in the room to sign up," Mika said of AmericanHort's VoterVoice advocacy platform. "We want to get as many folks out there because they need to hear how important this is."
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