How old are you . Nine. How old were you when you first started working out here . Seven. Seven the Us Government estimates that nearly 10 percent of hired field workers in this country are children. When it comes to children, it is a big deal. Young children that we heard about, collecting blueberries, 3 and 5 years old, 7 years old, and the rationale was, because their hands are so tender and small, that they would not crush the blueberries. What theyre doing is noble, and helping the family, but they need to break the cycle. If the public were more aware, i think theyd be outraged. This week on fault lines investigates children at work in agriculture, americas hidden harvest. Its saturday morning at mariana higaredas house. Shes taking her daughter and granddaughter out to the fields to pick onions. Since its a weekend, it will be a full day of harvesting. Mariana and her children follow the harvest across texas, into new mexico and colorado. They live in their home in laredo, texas
How old are you . Nine. How old were you when you first started working out here . Seven. Seven the Us Government estimates that nearly 10 percent of hired field workers in this country are children. When it comes to children, it is a big deal. Young children that we heard about, collecting blueberries, 3 and 5 years old, 7 years old, and the rationale was, because their hands are so tender and small, that they would not crush the blueberries. What theyre doing is noble, and helping the family, but they need to break the cycle. If the public were more aware, i think theyd be outraged. This week on fault lines investigates children at work in agriculture, americas hidden harvest. Its saturday morning at mariana higaredas house. Shes taking her daughter and granddaughter out to the fields to pick onions. Since its a weekend, it will be a full day of harvesting. Mariana and her children follow the harvest across texas, into new mexico and colorado. They live in their home in laredo, texas
How old were you when you first started working out here . Seven. Seven the Us Government estimates that nearly 10 percent of hired field workers in this country are children. When it comes to children, it is a big deal. Young children that we heard about, collecting blueberries, 3 and 5 years old, 7 years old, and the rationale was, because their hands are so tender and small, that they would not crush the blueberries. What theyre doing is noble, and helping the family, but they need to break the cycle. If the public were more aware, i think theyd be outraged. This week on fault lines investigates children at work in agriculture, americas hidden harvest. Its saturday morning at mariana higaredas house. Shes taking her daughter and granddaughter out to the fields to pick onions. Since its a weekend, it will be a full day of harvesting. Mariana and her children follow the harvest across texas, into new mexico and colorado. They live in their home in laredo, texas, for only part of the y
Hi, can you tell me your name . Gabriella. Workers like gabriella are not uncommon. How old are you . Nine. How old were you when you first started working out here . Seven. Seven the Us Government estimates that nearly 10 percent of hired field workers in this country are children. When it comes to children, it is a big deal. Young children that we heard about, collecting blueberries, 3 and 5 years old, 7 years old, and the rationale was, because their hands are so tender and small, that they would not crush the blueberries. What theyre doing is noble, and helping the family, but they need to break the cycle. If the public were more aware, i think theyd be outraged. This week on fault lines investigates children at work in agriculture, americas hidden harvest. Its saturday morning at mariana higaredas house. Shes taking her daughter and granddaughter out to the fields to pick onions. Since its a weekend, it will be a full day of harvesting. Mariana and her children follow the harvest
Fields of america. Hi, can you tell me your name . Gabriella. Workers like gabriella are not uncommon. How old are you . Nine. How old were you when you first started working out here . Seven. Seven the Us Government estimates that nearly 10 percent of hired field workers in this country are children. When it comes to children, it is a big deal. Young children that we heard about, collecting blueberries, 3 and 5 years old, 7 years old, and the rationale was, because their hands are so tender and small, that they would not crush the blueberries. What theyre doing is noble, and helping the family, but they need to break the cycle. If the public were more aware, i think theyd be outraged. This week on fault lines investigates children at work in agriculture, americas hidden harvest. Its saturday morning at mariana higaredas house. Shes taking her daughter and granddaughter out to the fields to pick onions. Since its a weekend, it will be a full day of harvesting. Mariana and her children