Many American farm workers have been forced to take their children to work and advocates say children as young as eight have been seen working in the fields. Our article led The Washington Post’s “Most Read.” Several members of Congress, Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, Farmworker Justice, Farm Policy and others cited and circulated the reporting (by contributor Erica Hellerstein).
![An illustration of young children sitting on the backs of their parents who are working in the agricultural fields; children are reading a book or writing.](https://fullerproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/unnamed-1-scaled.jpg)