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Saturday, July 15, 2017

An Exhibit of Farmworkers

From the Fresno Bee -

A first at the California State Fair, an exhibit on farmworkers
BY ROBERT RODRIGUEZ

The California State Fair has long recognized the state as an agricultural powerhouse. Now, for the first time in its 164-year history, it is devoting an exhibit to the people who keep it running: farmworkers.

The state fair, which started Friday and runs through July 30, is hosting a special exhibition in the California Building focusing on the groups and people who “helped cultivate the food that feeds our state, country and world, sustaining what is today a $47 billion agriculture industry,” according to the state fair’s website.

Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article161429803.html#nws=mcnewsletter#storylink=cpy


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