The Migrant Project

A friend forwarded a blog post to me yesterday that had in it - almost hidden away - a link to an exhibit in California about migrant workers. This is a group of people who are not often in most people's consciousness, yet they are a key link between the food in the ground and the food on the table.

Michigan used to have a large migrant worker population, but over the years that declined as the nature of growing food in Michigan changed. I suspect the crops that workers worked on have disappeared, been automated or other changes have occurred, resulting in far fewer individuals and families making the annual trip to Michigan to care for and harvest the most important thing we grow - food.

While the exhibit relates to workers half a continent away, I suspect that the story has relevance here as well. Take a look at The Migrant Project - it may change the way you look at food...