Editor’s note: Immigrant farm labor is a hot-button issue for many, with some farmers lamenting they have no choice but to depend on a largely immigrant workforce because white Americans simply don’t last in the fields, others saying farmers must find other options. On Wednesday, reporter Lee Johnson spent the day working in the fields at Jaemor Farms in Alto, not to find answers to those questions but to see firsthand what life is like for those who work on the farm. You can tell a lot about a man by his hands. Some hang at the waist calloused and scarred. Others take in the world with smooth palms and groomed fingernails. A newspaper man’s hands, for instance, are coated with the black residue of fresh ink. However, as I looked down at my hands Wednesday afternoon, I didn’t see the ink I’ve become so used Article source: http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/69549/
Sun, sweat, fruit at Jaemor Farms
Posted on July 1st, 2012 in Athens/Gainesville
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