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Finding America’s Farmworkers:
Reaching out in North Carolina
Michael Durbin
Box Top Books LLC
Copyright 2025 by Michael Durbin
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Contents
Chapter 1. The Guests in our Field
The H-2A guestworker program in a nutshell
Chapter 2. Going North
The annual trip north of a typical H-2A farmworker
Chapter 3. Carolina Crops
Some expected and unexpected crops of North Carolina
Chapter 4. The Ministry
One tough job on Easy Street
Chapter 5. The Grower
Raising crops is no easy way to make a living
Chapter 6. La Rompecabeza (The Puzzle)
A veteran H-2A farmworker and his clever creations
Chapter 7. Spain vs. England
A brief history of how things got this way
Chapter 8. The Labor Camps
Guestworker housing in North Carolina
Chapter 9. Three Dads
English lessons, guitar picks, and an unexpected reunion
Chapter 10. The NC Growers Association
All about the nation’s largest H-2A employer
Chapter 11. The Union
Trying to organize North Carolina farmworkers
Chapter 12. Health & Safety
The unique medical risks facing an H-2A farmworker
Chapter 13. Human Trafficking
How some H-2A employers cross a disturbing line
Chapter 14. Those Without Papers
Some agricultural workers outside the H-2A program
Chapter 15. The Ministry, Part II
A new era begins on Easy Street, then another and another
Chapter 16. Finding Farmworkers
Discovering, forgetting, then discovering again
Chapter 17. Going Home
A very cold camp and a scary guy on the bridge
Chapter 18. How Things Could Be Better
Some ideas