Finding America's Farmworkers

<p>Imagine you are a fit young man with a wife and child and a job that pays just enough to keep your family from going hungry. Then you learn of a job that pays a remarkable ten to twenty times as much. The catch? You must leave your family for most of every year for the rest of your working life. </p><p>Hundreds of thousands of Mexican men make this sacrifice to plant cultivate and harvest crops in the United States on an H-2A visa. Beyond the pain of family separation many also endure working and living conditions few US workers would ever tolerate.</p><p>In this fully revised and updated edition of <em>Finding America's Farmworkers</em> outreach worker and blogger Michael Durbin introduces us to men and women representing all corners of the H-2A community: Veteran farmworkers and new recruits. The molecular biologist turned outreach master. The grower emerging from bankruptcy. The traumatized migrant housing inspector. And more. </p><p>Filled with personal stories some humorous and some tragic this engaging and informative book paints a vivid portrait of a little known and utterly essential world. It's for anyone who eats food and is curious about where it comes from.</p>