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The not-so-glamorous lives of immigrants who trim weed

Dec. 11, 2018 California

Cannabis sativa Photo credit: James St. John/CC BY 2.0

Thousands of young migrants descend on Northern California’s Emerald Triangle every year to trim marijuana plants. They come for an adventure, but the work is difficult, isolated, and sometimes dangerous.

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