"Santos" is pruning grapevines so that his company will again have a good harvest. "I've worked under a UFW contract for 28 years. Our contract provides us benefits such as family health insurance, bonuses, an annual raise, and seniority. Con la unión se vive mejor!" #WeFeedYou
"Santos" is pruning grapevines so that his company will again have a good harvest. "I've worked under a UFW contract for 28 years. Our contract provides us benefits such as family health insurance, bonuses, an annual raise, and seniority. Con la unión se vive mejor!" #WeFeedYou
"Justo" and his co-workers are picking tangerines in Fresno county CA for min wage. “We have to buy our own equipment - the sack and the scissors - needed for the harvest. I don't speak up about this as I don't want to lose my job." #WeFeedYou
"Justo" and his co-workers are picking tangerines in Fresno county CA for min wage. “We have to buy our own equipment - the sack and the scissors - needed for the harvest. I don't speak up about this as I don't want to lose my job." #WeFeedYou
"Gustavo" is harvesting lemons in Fresno CA. They earn $45 per bin. "It takes an average worker around 3 hrs to fill a 900lb bin as we work carefully to avoid getting pricked by the many big thorns. In our 7-hour work day, we usually manage to fill two bins." #WeFeedYou
"Gustavo" is harvesting lemons in Fresno CA. They earn $45 per bin. "It takes an average worker around 3 hrs to fill a 900lb bin as we work carefully to avoid getting pricked by the many big thorns. In our 7-hour work day, we usually manage to fill two bins." #WeFeedYou
"Andrea" shares, "Picking strawberries is always a hard job as it requires a lot of bending. Bput it is way harder in the rain. It is wet and cold and very slippery. Even in times like our lunch hour right now, means enduring the environment. There's no dry break room." #WeFeedYou
"Andrea" shares, "Picking strawberries is always a hard job as it requires a lot of bending. Bput it is way harder in the rain. It is wet and cold and very slippery. Even in times like our lunch hour right now, means enduring the environment. There's no dry break room." #WeFeedYou
"Alicia" pick strawberries. She shares, "On this day It's cloudy and quite cold here in Oxnard, with very strong winds. We earn minimum wage. This is very difficult work at all times but especially in weather like this." #WeFeedYou
"Saul" and "Juan" work as irrigators in CAs Imperial Valley. Here they are removing the irrigation from the broccoli rapini fields, so that the machine can come in to harvest the crop. #WeFeedYou
"Saul" and "Juan" work as irrigators in CAs Imperial Valley. Here they are removing the irrigation from the broccoli rapini fields, so that the machine can come in to harvest the crop. #WeFeedYou
Hot potato leek soup is a tasty treat on a cold day. It comes to us due to the hard work of farm workers like these Central Coast farm workers who have spent their 8-hour day on their knees harvesting this tasty vegetable. #WeFeedYou
Hot potato leek soup is a tasty treat on a cold day. It comes to us due to the hard work of farm workers like these Central Coast farm workers who have spent their 8-hour day on their knees harvesting this tasty vegetable. #WeFeedYou
Cilantro tastes great in hot soup. It was 40° and a cold moist day in Arvin CA where workers were harvesting it on this day. #WeFeedYou
Cilantro tastes great in hot soup. It was 40° and a cold moist day in Arvin CA where workers were harvesting it on this day. #WeFeedYou
"Julio" is cleaning the strawberry plants - removing weeds and rotten fruit. This allows high quality new strawberries to grow. This process is very important. In ensures the best quality berries come to your tables. #WeFeedYou
"Julio" is cleaning the strawberry plants - removing weeds and rotten fruit. This allows high quality new strawberries to grow. This process is very important. In ensures the best quality berries come to your tables. #WeFeedYou
"Francisco" sent this from where he was harvesting celery near Bakersfield CA. It was 42°, damp and cold when he began working at 7am. Walking through the celery and bending over to harvest it made his clothes damp and cold. He worked an 8 hour day earning CA min wage. #WeFeedYou