Mcfarland, USA Picking Scene

[theiowasteamkid]

Never saw him do it but my abuelo was a picker. My dad told me stories about him and I could just see it in my mind. He raised 9 kids doing it til he started working in a Bandag retread shop. From the age of 7 he walked with a limp cuz he fell off a truck and it crushed his leg and it was never fixed properly. Even with his bad leg my dad would tell me how he would be 20 feet ahead of everyone else and picking 2 rows at a time no matter what. It was inspiring as all hell!!

[edfer]

Me growing up here in the valley this movie hits home, My dad co.ing from Mexico was a ranch manager for 35years now and when I was 20 I worked with him at the ranch I grew up, started from the bottom and became a foreman with him, he taught me every thing he knew about AG, from water, to how much fertilizer to cultivating fields on tractors, then right before he retired, the owner and his son offered me ranch supervisor position when I turned 38, 4 years later thank my dad everyday for the knowledge he passed on to me and the hard work he did all these years, showed me to treat the group workers like I would treat the owner, and that's what I do

[aarchiewaldron]

I’ve got a friend whose parents worked in the fields and sent him to Stanford. Now his eldest is attending Lawrenceville School and headed to anywhere he wants to go. Greatest country in the world!

[robertwest]

I never had to work the fields with my parents, but i did have to clean houses. My parents would take me with them to help clean the low areas since i was the smallest.

[D_Cali_Life]

If a guy showed up ready to work, I would listen to what he has to say. Props to him

[SweetLolita]

My mom actually use to do this to support me and my brothers. While we were in school she worked long hours

[noneofyourbiz]

Those four minutes bent over like that was the most work Kevin ever done. “By the field” that’s shot wasn’t him acting. That was legit him saying f this 😂

[irisgtz]

My ex husband would do this every morning to late afternoon; for him it hurts so much and your back and the sun that beats the hell of you on your back now its easier for him little by little.

[mossgeorge]

Something just hit me, if you really want to know how to survive as a family with little money go talk to a hard-working person in the field.

[gabrielbeltran]

I remember doing this when I was younger. It was horrible but we had to support our families somehow.

[helixamaze]

imagine instead of mexicans they were black people, i wonder what they would pick....








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