Today, thousands of farm workers live under savage conditions - beneath trees and amid garbage and human excrement - near tomato fields in San Diego County, tomato fields which use the most modern farm technology. Vicious rats gnaw on them as they sleep. They walk miles to buy food at inflated prices. And they carry in water from irrigation pumps.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Farm workers in San Diego County live in savage conditions despite modern farm technology.
- In plain terms
- Farm workers live in terrible conditions near modern fields.
- What can you take from it?
- Modern technology does not guarantee worker welfare.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why do conditions persist?
- What changes are needed now?
Another view
Describing conditions may ignore local economic constraints.
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