Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well one the EPA can give $2.1 billion dollar worth of grants for eco friendly programs. It's no wonder how the truly needed in our country do not get some kind of training move up in society. Not all farmers are starving when million dollar farms are subsidized by the federal government in the name of competition you know something is wrong. mike gil - --- Will <wlarsen@ocsnet.net> wrote: > Yikes...this thread is really hard to send down to > the LUG > forum since it inherently contains Leica material. > > But for you folks who want to emulate Dorothe Lange, > let me > tell you a little dark secret. California's Central > Valley > farming labor movements have not changed much since > the > 30's. In fact, it has become worse! Many of the > farm labor > camps have been shut down...yet the prevailing wages > are > relatively the same as in the 30's. Imagine a town > of 1,000 > that grows by 3x during the peak seasons. Imagine > a county > of 400,000 that doubles in size from farm labor. > And the > housing available is basically unregulated...in > garages...barns...wherever space can be found. > > I would be nearly willing to bet that everyplace > Dorothe > went to document migrant labor still has the same > situation... > > Have you ever seriously spoke to a "modern" gardener > or food > worker in your town? I know the ones I have spoken > to in > L.A., the San Francisco Bay area, and Chicago have > really > interesting stories to tell. And define those > cities as > "third world." > > I suggest that all of you political ideologs get out > and > start recording. > > Regards, Bill Larsen > Terra Bella, California (CA might suggest > Canada...but if > you would really like, I will describe tales from > Canadian > family immigrants). > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html