An irrigator removes weeds from an organic San Joaquin Valley field
ARVIN, CA – Presiliano Silva is an irrigator, and cleans the irrigation ditch next to a field that will be planted with organic vegetables. Because it is organic, the grower can’t use herbicide and instead the irrigator removes the weeds. The temperature at the time, about 6 in the morning, was over 80 degrees, and would reach over 110 in the afternoon. Silva drinks water at a shade station for irrigators. Copyright David Bacon