Monday, December 26, 2022

Dreamily picking them out from that carton in my fridge 🫐

"Fulfilling at its best

Velasquez still works in the fields sometimes, picking blueberries.

'It’s what I like to do,' she said.

Because when it is good, farm work is great, women agree. Even when it’s hard.

'It’s beautiful work,' Cordero said. 'You enjoy it; enjoy being outside, laughing. You meet people you wouldn’t otherwise.'”

~  Shannon Sollitt

"Women farmworkers face harder path to professional development"

https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/12/25/oregon-women-farmworkers-agricultural-workers-pay-disaparities-financial-economic-development/69690788007/


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