Who Harvests Our Food?

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Research Article| February 01 2018 Who Harvests Our Food?: The Indigenous Roots of a Migrant Farmworker—The Story of Gervasio Peña Lopez David Bacon David Bacon David Bacon, based in California, has been documenting the lives of farmworkers through photographs and journalism since 1988. His photography has been exhibited in the United States, Mexico, and Europe and his articles and photo-essays published widely. His books include The Children of NAFTA, Communities without Borders, Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants, and The Right to Stay Home. His latest book, In the Fields of the North / En los Campos del Norte, copublished by University of California Press (Berkeley) and Colegio de la Frontera Norte (Tijuana), explores the lives of farmworkers through photographs and narratives. David was a factory worker and union organizer for two decades with the United Farm Workers, the International Ladies Garment Workers, the United Electrical Workers, and other unions. Today he photographs and writes about changing conditions in the workforce, the impact of the global economy, war and migration, and the struggle for human rights. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Gastronomica (2018) 18 (1): 83–96. https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2018.18.1.83 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation David Bacon; Who Harvests Our Food?: The Indigenous Roots of a Migrant Farmworker—The Story of Gervasio Peña Lopez. Gastronomica 1 February 2018; 18 (1): 83–96. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2018.18.1.83 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentGastronomica Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2018 by the Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Please direct all requests for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California Press's Reprints and Permissions web page, http://www.ucpress.edu/journals.php?p=reprints.2018 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.