"Gabriela Vivar rises at 4 a.m. each day to pick strawberries in the fields of Santa Maria — the same berries that shine on grocery store shelves and garnish funnel cake at the Santa Maria Strawberry Festival.
Each morning, she takes her four children to a babysitter so she and her husband can work to pay for groceries, childcare and rent — but their wages aren’t keeping up with inflation and don’t reflect the value of their work, she said."
~ Stephanie Zappelli
"Central Coast CA farmworkers protest strawberry festival"
https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article305185061.html
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