Skagit is known for its sweet strawberries come June, but there has been nothing sweet about the season this year at the Sakuma Bros. Farm.

The largest producer of berries in the valley finds itself at the center of a bitter dispute involving labor unrest, a boycott, and continued legal battles that have kept the company in the headlines.

Journalist Anna Ferdinand explains the issues facing farms and their labor pools.

Farm labor has changed over the past several years, with the once migrant workers no longer so migrant, partly due to tighter borders. Undocumented workers who have been here fo...