Katherine Glover

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Women farmworkers in Minnesota

Crop Tenders
by Katherine Glover
Minnesota Women’s Press
June, 2009

Who produces that delicious tomato that shows up on your salad plate? What are some of the issues faced by women farm workers in the fields or processing plants? Minnesota, like the rest of the nation, is reliant on immigrant workers to help plant, tend, harvest, package and deliver our food.