Until now, most publications on migrant farm labor focused on California or the Southeast in general, offering little information on conditions particular to farmworkers in Florida. Florida's Farmworkers focuses on the history of Florida agriculture, the unique climate, ecology, crops, and working conditions that distinguish the situation of Florida's farm laborers from those in other states. Organized thematically, the book explores the issues facing these migrant workers, who are largely Hispanic, Haitian, and from other regions of the Caribbean. Among the issues addressed are low wages, children's problems, education, substandard living conditions, health, pesticide exposure, and immigrant smuggling. Riley and Johns draw attention to a labor system greatly in need of reform.
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In a book that combines both oral history and documentary photography, Nano Riley and Davida Johns tell the story of Florida's farmworkers in the 21st century. Largely ignored by mainstream America, migrant laborers often toil under adverse labor and living conditions to provide the nation's food supply. Intimate photographs and lucid text offer a look not only into the difficulties faced by these laborers but also into the rich cultural heritages of their communities and the close ties of their family life.
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"...a helpful reminder of the bedrock upon which the nation's cheap food policy has been built." -- Agricultural History Journal, Winter 2005
"...succeeds in showing that hope is not lost." -- Southern Historian, 2005
"...two reinforcing stories, one in text and the other in pictures." -- Agricultural History Journal, Winter 2005
"An intimate view of a vital part of Florida's culture that is ignored by politicians and consumers alike."-Bill Maxwell -- St Petersburg Times, April 13, 2003
"There is much here to infuriate even the most hard-bitten social critic." -- Journal of Southern History, August 2004
...Johns' photographs punctuate Riley's arguments and at times tell their own moving story. -- Journal of American Ethnic History, Summer 2004
"...succeeds in showing that hope is not lost." -- Southern Historian, 2005
"...two reinforcing stories, one in text and the other in pictures." -- Agricultural History Journal, Winter 2005
"An intimate view of a vital part of Florida's culture that is ignored by politicians and consumers alike."-Bill Maxwell -- St Petersburg Times, April 13, 2003
"There is much here to infuriate even the most hard-bitten social critic." -- Journal of Southern History, August 2004
...Johns' photographs punctuate Riley's arguments and at times tell their own moving story. -- Journal of American Ethnic History, Summer 2004
About the Author
Nano Riley is a freelance journalist living in St. Petersburg, Florida. Davida Johns is an award-winning photographer, currently serving in the Peace Corps in Belize.
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