Against the Grain

Laboring in the Fields

More than two million farmworkers do the hard, sometimes backbreaking work of planting, growing, and harvesting crops in the U.S. Focusing on strawberry and grape pickers in California, David Bacon describes what the work involves, where the workers come from, and steps they’re taking to protect their rights and pursue justice.

The Reality Check: Stories and Photographs by David Bacon

David Bacon, More Than a Wall/Mas que un muro El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, 2022

(Image on main page by David Bacon.)