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Lecture on Tap: From Midwest Farms to the Sierra Madre (Fred Clark)
February 22 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Bonus! Chef Carlos Kein of Yaku Superior will have empanadas available so come a bit early to get your empanada and a drink and settle in for a talk with Fred.
Stories of Life for Immigrant Farm Workers and their Families
At least 90% of the labor to operate Midwestern dairy farms today is supplied by immigrant workers, the majority of whom come from Mexico and Central America.
Bayfield resident Fred Clark recently travelled with a group of Wisconsin and Minnesota dairy farmers to visit the families of their farm worker/employees in the semi-mountainous villages around Zongolica in the State of Veracruz.
The demand for immigrant labor and a dysfunctional U.S. Immigration policy has a profound impact on family life and the quality of life in communities whose working age people, mostly men, routinely relocate for years at a time to work in the U.S.
Fred will share personal stories and photos from a week visiting those families, and share a conversation about the implications of today’s immigration policies.
Suggested donation $5 to keep the lecture series going.
