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Staving Off Hunger: Migrant Farm Workers In Shantytown Barely Hang On

Tom Sparks |
May 21, 2009 | 4:19 p.m. PDT

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The trailers in Duroville are in disrepair, and the residents of those trailers are often
in need of food. (photo by Tom Sparks)

Duroville, a labor encampment in California's Coachella Valley, is home to more than 4,000 migrant farm workers. Low wages and large families mean Duroville's residents are in constant need of food assistance.



 

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