Growing up on a farm in Upstate New York helped shape Emily Getty’s work ethic and determination to make things better.
By Jeffrey Wakefield
Since the late 1990s, undocumented Mexican and Central American farm workers on Vermont’s dairy farms have been instrumental in helping bring milk, cheese, yogurt and other food products to market.
A majority of Vermont’s undocumented Mexican and Central American farm workers are food insecure, says a new book by UVM anthropology professor Teresa Mares. (Photo: Terry J. Allen)
