Program seeks to tap workers’ expertiseA Kennewick, Wash., nonprofit organization has farmworkers to hire out, as consultants. Nicholson credited Washington Tree Fruit Association President Jon DeVaney with suggesting employing farmworkers as consultants. By being consultants, the farmworkers will profit by offering practical solutions to problems, DeVaney said. Nicholson said he knows of no other enterprise in the U.S. or Mexico that employs farmworkers as consultants. Genaro Pavel Garcia, one of the farmworker consultants, said the consultants have experience in tasks that make a difference, like handling ladders, carefully picking fruit and spotting problems.