Tonight is the 1st night of #Passover. We dip parsley (Karpas) in salt water to recognize the spring time. Salt water symbolizes the tears and sweat of enslavement. As we hold Seders, remember the farm workers who are out in the fields harvesting the food we’re eating. #WeFeedYou
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Kern County farm workers like Teresa will bunch up hundreds of small onions during the summer heat. They do this on their hands and knees for up to 8 hours each day. #WeFeedYou
While many of us are enjoying #LaborDay as a day off, farm workers are laboring in the fields. Yesi sent this pic while working in the sweet potatoes in Merced County CA. They work for minimum wage while bringing this vegetable to our tables. #WeFeedYou
Marisol displays a bunch of red grapes in the Bakersfield CA area vineyard. She is carefully cleaning the cluster removing any bad grapes. This skilled work results in the beautiful clusters we see in the supermarket. #WeFeedYou
URGENT: Federal immigration agents stopped a bus of farm workers from Lynn-Ette & Sons Farms on Fri am. They had a list of names, including UFW worker leaders who have been organizing to unionize their workplace. Those workers were detained. Count on me to help! http://ufw.org/nyraid5225 #WeFeedYou
"Ana's" picked blueberries for 20 yrs. "It's hard work. My hands get scratched from dry branches & burn once I start sweating in the heat. I get $7/bucket in May-June's peak season. When a row has lots of fruit it goes well. But many days it's hard to make enough." #WeFeedYou
Picking radishes is no easy task. Efrén spends 8-10 hrs/day on his knees, picking and sorting the radishes into small bunches to fill dozens of crates a day in CA's Ventura County. He's proud to have worked in America's fields for 49 years. #WeFeedYou
“Zavala said orchards that typically host 100 or 120 pickers were finding that only 20 or 30 workers would show up.”
"The few workers who did show up said many had heard through social media that ICE set up checkpoints on the Washington-Oregon border and that agents were raiding orchards." https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/jun/18/washington-cherry-growers-struggle-to-find-pickers/ #WeFeedYou
Lettuce tastes great on your #July4 burger or salad. Harvesting it is an extremely difficult job because of the constant bending down and use of sharp tools. As we enjoy our holiday BBQs, let's remember the farm workers who make this meal possible. #WeFeedYou
Nothing says #July4 like a big juicy slice of watermelon. This yummy fruit doesn't just appear on our picnic table. It takes a lot of work. An average watermelon weighs 20 pounds. Can you imagine harvesting them in a 98° Bakersfield area field like these workers? #WeFeedYou