“Around here, you don’t have as many Punjabi workers as we used to have in the ’80s and ’90s, because the kids are now doing professional things,” said Simon Sihota, a prominent Punjabi Sikh farmer in the area. Like the Sran farm, Mr. Sihota’s business remains mostly a family affair. The family works together in the same way that Mr. Sihota helped his father and grandfather in the fields when he was young. “I can’t see myself doing anything else,” said Kavin Sihota. “When I was out on the East Coast, I’d always miss the farming lifestyle.”

Source: New York Times July 11, 2021 16:30 UTC