A migrant worker removes weeds between rows of leaf lettuce. The jet-black soil, called muck, is deep and fertile and can support several harvests annually. One of the migrant housing facilities is in the background.
 
A migrant worker removes weeds between rows of leaf lettuce. The jet-black soil, called muck, is deep and fertile and can support several harvests annually. One of the migrant housing facilities is in the background.

 
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Planting Seeds of Humanity

Two different groups of workers use their hands to ply their trades and work in jobs that some would consider hard and unrewarding. One group spends the summer months tending the fields in Northeast Ohio – preparing the ground and planting and harvesting leafy lettuce, radishes, green onions and other crops. The other group spends the summer tending to the health needs of those farm workers, making them feel strong, safe and accepted in their temporary homes.