Immigrant workers, farmers fearful in wake of AL. law
Immigrant workers, farmers fearful in wake of Alabama immigration law
Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:34 AM EST.
By Kate Snow
Rock Center correspondent
Jerry Danford drives me out back in his white pickup truck to see his 100 acres of cucumber fields. I’m sweating. It’s at least 80 degrees in the shade on this September day, which Danford tells me is pretty standard for southeastern Alabama this time of year. He’s been working in agriculture for nearly 50 years now.
As we park and walk toward the fields, Danford talks about how many workers he needs to harvest all the cucumbers. Danford supplies a lot of the major pickle brand names you’d recognize. All those acres represent $20 million in retail pickle sales.
“Americans lose sight about how we get our pickles in a pickle jar in a grocery story. We forget that this is where it comes from,â€