Movement of Migrant Workers

Three million workers are responsible for the harvesting of the fruit and vegetables that we all eat each day. There are two types of farmers, the kind that stays in the same spot all year is the most prevalent in the United States. The migrant workers are the ones who travel during different seasons do to the weather patterns. These paths are fairly consistent and can be mapped out and averaged from the region that they start from. These paths still continue today although they might be slightly shifted. An example of how they move would be a family who picks strawberry's in Michigan, then moves to Ohio for tomatoes, and then moves to Texas for the winter. The workers in Florida tend to stay there but can travel as far as New Hampshire for the summer. The winter season puts most of the farmers in the atlantic and midwest region out of work for around six months. This makes there work hard and barely worth the money they get. With out the workers willingness to move we might have a food shortage and not enjoy the variety of food that we do today.