Author: Ann Aurelia Lopez
Date Published: 2007


This is a very readable account of the human instinct for survival associated with placing agricultural products on the tables of U.S. residents. Her years of scholarly research conducted while living among farmworker families result in a firsthand account of the trials and tribulations, the health issues and social relationships that keep people attached to the soil in the United States and Mexico. Her revelation of how agribusiness is subsidized by the sacrifices of farmworker families should substantially moderate the hysterical voices that push against the need to address the issue of undocumented workers as behooves a Democracy. The text is an eye-opening blend of academic research and testimonials of people directly touched by market forces that have been unleashed by trade liberalization. The author culminates different analytical dimensions that are normally treated separately by moving through these dimensions with an ease indicative of her extraordinary talent and expertise.

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