I was excited to find this old New York Times press photo by John Tierney from 1991 depicting farm workers picking strawberries in Watsonville, California. It's a scene I've driven by may times and understand that these workers, many of whom are migrant laborers do this back breaking work through challenging conditions of heat and cold, often contending with housing issues, unfair working conditions, uncertainties of flooding and drought, alarming exposure to pesticides and now exposure to wild fire smoke and possible toxic air and soil due to the recent Lithium Battery Plant Fire in Moss Beach Landing.