date:Jul 27, 2012
t in the nation.
Four out of the 10 top metropolitan regions with the highest poverty rates are in the areas that last year set records for agriculture income.
During this recession, and even before this recession, there has been a disconnect between the wealth of agriculture versus the poverty of the people who work in agriculture, said Carolina Farrell, executive director of the Center on Race, Poverty the Environment. This has been a persistent trend highlighted by this increasing inequali