The Hands that Feed Us: Thanking a Farm Worker
The Hands that Feed Us is a series of stories about seasonal agricultural workers who work on fruit farms, in vineyards and greenhouses in Niagara Region.
Eat today? The saying goes we should thank a farmer. We should also thank a farm worker. Here are some of the stories of a few men and women who come to Niagara each summer from Mexico and the Caribbean to help keep us fed.
The Hands that Feed Us is a series of stories about seasonal agricultural workers who work on fruit farms, in vineyards and greenhouses in Niagara Region.
Shamar Dawkins is a seasonal agricultural worker from Jamaica. He comes to Niagara for seven months a year to work in a local fruit orchard.
Kashima Woodham is a seasonal agriciultural worker from Montego Bay, Jamaica. She comes to Niagara each summer to work on a local fruit farm.
Peter Norville is a seasonal agricultural worker from St. Lucy, Barbados, who comes to Niagara each summer to work in a fruit orchard.
Kennedy Williams is a seasonal agricultural worker from Grenada who comes to Canada up to seven months a year to work on a fruit farm in Niagara.
Eric Regis is a season agricultural worker from Grenada. He has been coming to Niagara for 28 years to work on a fruit farm.
Devon Augustine is a seasonal agricultural worker form Grenada. He works on a Beamsville fruit farm for six months of the year.
Linton Blackwood is a self-taught musician who comes to Canada from Jamaica for four months a year to work on a fruit farm in Niagara Region.
Agapito Alvarado is a seasonal agricultural worker who comes from Mexico to work at a Niagara winery for eight months of the year.
Fausto Hernanadez is a seasonal agricultural worker who comes to Niagara for eight months a year to work in a local greenhouse.
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