The rise of Hispanic farmers
Tagged: latin america, population“Historically, there have been pockets of Hispanics working in the fields as migrant workers for years, but now we are finding that this group plays a bigger role in the agricultural industry,” said Hector Flores, president of the League of United Latin American Citizens.
To be sure, the overall numbers remain a small shadow on America’s agricultural map. Of the more than 3 million U.S. farmers, only about 50,600, or 2 percent, are Latinos.
Even so, the population has reached a sufficient size to lead to the creation of the Association of Latino/Hispanic Farmers and Ranchers, a newly formed group that will hold its first national conference Aug. 25-28 in Las Cruces, N.M.
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