The Harvest (La Cosecha) Old Trailer

Every year there are more than 400,000 American children who are torn away from their friends, schools and homes to pick the food we all eat. From the Producers of the Academy-Award® nominated film, WAR/DANCE and Executive Producer Eva Longoria, this award-winning documentary provides an intimate glimpse into the lives of these children who struggle to dream while working 12 -- 14 hours a day, 7 days a week to feed America.
http://www.theharvestfilm.com
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[ShineGlobalDocs]

@answerchef It is actually legal in the US for children to work in the fields at ages as young as 7 (on small farms) and at age 12 on any farm. The parents also often have no choice. They can't afford child care and often need the extra money for their family to survive.

[answerchef]

The parents should be arrested for letting them work in the field for child endangerment. They probably lied to the owners of the fields on their age

[ShineGlobalDocs]

@answerchef

It is actually legal in the US for children to work in the fields at ages as young as 7 (on small farms) and at age 12 on any farm. The CARE Act is one attempt to change child labor laws for agriculture so that they are more similar to those for other industries.

The parents also often have no choice. They can't afford child care and often need the extra money for their family to survive.

[ShineGlobalDocs]

@answerchef It is actually legal in the US for children to work in the fields at ages as young as 7 (on small farms) and at age 12 on any farm. The CARE Act is one attempt to change child labor laws for agriculture so that they are more similar to those for other industries.

The parents also often have no choice. They can't afford child care and often need the extra money for their family to survive.

[ShineGlobalDocs]

@answerchef It is actually legal in the US for children to work in the fields at ages as young as 7 (on small farms) and at age 12 on any farm. The parents also often have no choice. They can't afford child care and often need the extra money for their family to survive.

[dallascowboysfansite]

when does this movie come out?

[ShineGlobalDocs]

@dallascowboysfansite The film is being completed right now and should be released sometime this winter/early 2011!

[abcdef53015]

@answerchef The people who employ them, or the officers who look the other way from things like this should be the ones held accountable. Not the parents.

[davisonfamily3]

Good Movie:)

[answerchef]

@ccraigd89 Your right, last week they had grapes on sale for 77 cents per pound, when was the last time you bought a sale item like that. We are all the problem by not demanding that the companies and goverments are responsible. We allow it all in the form of price shopping. I see hear of people ripped off each day just because they are greedy or want the cheapest product. And don't forget about the sharholders and your 401k's that invest in these companies that sponsor this.

[ccraigd89]

@answerchef alright blockhead. blame your fellow worker, not the root of the problem.

[answerchef]

To Jimmy:

I see it all of the time in Mexico sellign the gum, ANd the parents are right there with them. So what are you tellign me I should be the caretaker for the world. I think not.

[answerchef]

I live in Yuma and have worked on farms. So you are preaching to someone who knows what it is about. I still grow a lot of what I eat. What I can;t eat I can for later use. Oh and by the way when you stop shopping and buying the goods that are produced in these low wage countries come and talk to me then. Otherwise, stop your preaching and continue shopping at Walmart.

[JimmyJones]

@answerchef Oh my lord. Do you live in California? Every day do I see Mexican kids as young as 10 doing lawns, selling fruits at Freeway exits, and so on. Go to Mexico, and it only gets worse, you'll be welcomed by kids as young as 4 selling bubble gum at the border. True story.

[JimmyJones]

I feel like taking a shit.

[MrROBINB72]

@answerchef

You should stop eating so to decrease the food demand so they don't have to work for you to have something to eat.

Or...

You can pay a fair price for YOUR food so the parents can earn a decent wage and give their kids a decent living hood.

[answerchef]

Well it's me again. Yeh the hated stupid commenter. First off we know it goes on but all of you liilly white ass name callers would rather call names back at me instead of getting off of your duff and doing something about it. I was in LE for years and see the "It is not my problem" type of attitude, or the "I don't want to be a witness" or I did not see anything when asked to solve problems.

And as far a being without papers, why should I worry about a criminal. They should do it legally