Vegetable growers forced to dump $150,000 worth of celery crops due to picker shortage ThuThursday 14 JanJanuary 2021 at 3:27am Busch Organics director Kane Busch had to dump a crop because it could not be picked in time to meet orders. ( Share Print text only Cancel Vegetable growers in Victoria's Lindenow Valley have had to dump $150,000 worth of celery crops due to a drastic shortage of seasonal workers caused by the COVID-19 travel bans. Key points: The Victorian Government is under pressure to allow seasonal workers into Australia Growers have offered to charter flights and cover quarantine costs to secure pickers in time for harvest