The Changing Face of Farm Labor

Mendoza, 27, a Mexican immigrant, knows more English than most Latinos at Teabow Farms, but not much. Jarvis, 41, knows more Spanish than the rest of his family, which owns the farm. But not much. Like those on other dairy farms in the region, however, the two represent the transformation of agricultural labor as growing numbers of Latin American immigrants replace local farmhands.
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Jarvis also said he knows that Mendoza’s eldest daughter is 7 years old and his youngest is 1. He knows that Mendoza’s family last saw him in August 2004. He knows that Mendoza sends a good bit of his paycheck to his family. He knows that Mendoza is waiting for the paperwork to bring his family to the United States. He knows that Mendoza works 70 hours a week, hoping to someday own a farm just like Teabow.

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