this question from a social worker student after watching the film food chains Farm labor has always relied on successive waves of migration of poor, vulnerable individuals from both within and without the United States. The agriculture industry in the United States has been able to provide cheap food to consumers because of its reliance on cheap labor. Are consumers aware of the price tag of their food? Would consumers be willing to pay more knowing that people were not being exploited to get food to their table? What could a new agriculture system look like that doesn't rely on cheap labor