When it comes to workers, North Country farmers face double bind - Adirondack Explorer

When it comes to workers, North Country farmers face double bind - Adirondack Explorer

At Childstock Farms, about 30 men knelt between long rows of bright green cilantro, slicing stems in quick, precise strokes and tying them into neat bundles. Their hands move with such practiced rhythm that the work almost looked choreographed. The workers, mostly from Mexico, travel to the Malone farm each season under the federal H-2A guestworker program. Mario Mejia, from Michoacán, joined his fellow workers at lunchtime, piling into vans to …