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Over the years, U.S. agriculture has grown increasingly dependent on the H-2A Guest Worker program to bring in foreign workers to harvest crops. H2A is a…

Over the years, U.S. agriculture has grown increasingly dependent on the H-2A Guest Worker program to bring in foreign workers to harvest crops. H2A is a vestige of a U.S. and Mexican policy called the Bracero Program, which ended in the 1960s. Today on the show, why farmers and farm worker advocates are calling for more scrutiny of the current-day visa program, which has been dogged by concerns about worker exploitation and safety. Related Episodes:Farm Jobs Friday (Apple Podcasts / Spotify) For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Pod...

“For me, the biggest thing is legacy,” Gordon emphasized. “My grandfather came here in the 50s to start a life and I feel it’s irresponsible for us to not try to live up to that work that took to get here. Otherwise, what was it all really for.” 

A summertime drive past Watsonville is also a drive past countless fruit stands, all selling fresh berries.

In “The Migrant Chef,” author Laura Tillman follows the saga of Mexican restaurateur Lalo García to paint a more humane picture of migrants who cross the border.