AJC.com: You pick 'em

You know, most of us, at one time or another, have dreamed of being a migrant farm worker. The long hours in the hot sun, the low wages, the life on the shady side of the law... It's everyone's fantasy. But who can afford to take the time to travel to California, or the Rio Grande Valley, and learn this wonderful, backbreaking trade?

Thankfully, there are some people who can help. "Pick your own" farms have grown up in the Atlanta area, allowing people, for a modest fee, to briefly experience the sort of life Cesar Chavez told us of. Visitors can pick their own fruit and even take it home with them.