Without Water, Without Work: shanty_005sm

A collection of donated tomatoes lay strewn about a cooking area next to a folded sign from the landowners warning people to stay off the land outside of Mario Rodriguez's home in the shantytown. More than 40 percent of about 11,500 people in Mendota live below the poverty line.

A collection of donated tomatoes lay strewn about a cooking area next to a folded sign from the landowners warning people to stay off the land outside of Mario Rodriguez's home in the shantytown. More than 40 percent of about 11,500 people in Mendota live below the poverty line.