The viability of the United States fruit and vegetable industry depends upon a strong, stable workforce to ensure that our commodities are planted, harvested, and packaged in a timely manner. Given the highly perishable nature of fresh fruits and vegetables and the need to move products quickly to domestic and international markets, it is vital that fruit and vegetable producers have timely access to workers. A strictly domestic workforce cannot meet the needs of today's agriculture industry. We must look to guest worker programs to provide essential labor to fill these jobs. The produce industry is in a labor crisis, and our industry must have the means to secure an adequate legal workforce NOW in order to feed our nation.  In order for our industry to grow and be successful, Congress must enact a comprehensive immigration reform bill; one that includes not only border security, but also provides a workable employment verification system, a stable and reliable guest worker program, and an opportunity for legalization of existing employees.  With real labor shortages worsening across the country some growers are making decisions to not plant crops or to shift production offshore.  Agriculture needs legislative relief. The choice is simple: Import our labor, or import our food.