Farmworkers Feed Us All
Slideshows from the 2007 Maine harvest season / photos by Earl Dotter & audio by Tennessee Watson
Supported by Migrant Clinicians Network
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Farm[work]er: narrated by Derrick Dunbar
Jamaican farmworker Derrick Dunbar speaks about the importance of a migrant labor force and his love for farming.
 
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Beth Russet: a small act of resistance
Beth Russet visits migrant labor camps across Maine to administer health care to farmworkers. Her work exemplifies solidarity.
 
 
Bury Me With My Rake: narrated by Andrew Sylliboy
Andrew Sylliboy has spent the last 35 summers raking blueberries. He discusses his connection to the land, blueberry raking culture and how the harvest is changing.
 
 
Reaching Out From Within
The Camp Health Aide Program, a lay health care model created by Migrant Health Promotion, trains farmworkers as Camp Health Aides, within migrant labor camps and communities. Jamaican apple pickers Errol Watkins and Glaspole Thomas talk about their work as Camp Health Aides.
 
 
Brenda Trejo: maybe it's a sign
Brenda Trejo, migrant farmworker and mother of two year-old Aileen, contemplates another year of migrant work after her mother Eufemia Trejo, 53, is diagnosed with gallbladder cancer.