Migrant Worker Housing:Survey Results from South-Central Minnesota
Each year, thousands of migrant* Latino farmworkers journey from the Southwestern United States, North of Mexico, and Latin America to Minnesota in order to make a living in the picking and processing of the state’s crops, and to work in the ornamental plant industry. Attracted by the comparatively higher wages that families can find in the north, workers spend several months of the year contributing to the state’s sweet corn, green pea, and other agricultural economies. In fact, in the south-central portion of the state alone, researchers have estimated that the Latino labor force employed in agricultural industries adds almost $25 million dollars to the local economy (Kielkopf 2000).
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