Episode 22 - Americans All/Americanos Todos

<p>Early in WWII, with much of the field labor being sucked into the military, defense or factory jobs, the farmers were in a really tough position for getting their crops harvested. In this episode, Sarah looks at one of the most impactful agricultural programs ever implemented in the United States to help struggling farmers, the Bracero Program, which brought thousands of Mexican laborers to American fields. She tries a unique Aztec style casserole from 1944, and we hear about one Mexican-American woman's memories growing up as a teenager during the war. &nbsp;</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/victorykitchenpodcast/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/victorykitchenpodcast/support</a>