Onion Field, Lyons, GA

Name: Onion Field, Lyons, GA
Uploaded: 2013-05-02T22:34:23+00:00
Duration: 39 s
Channel: Grant Blankenship
Description: Migrant workers take onions from the field to trucks headed to a packing plant in Lyons, GA. The workers load about 100 buckets a day, 15 pounds a bucket. Paid by volume, they make around $90 to $100 a day over the course of the 8 to 10 week harvest.

Migrant workers take onions from the field to trucks headed to a packing plant in Lyons, GA. The workers load about 100 buckets a day, 15 pounds a bucket. Paid by volume, they make around $90 to $100 a day over the course of the 8 to 10 week harvest.