Victoriana Pena, 74, works on a lettuce plantation belonging to U.S. owned company Veg. Packer de Mexico near San Miguel de Allende, on the central state of Guanajuato, Mexico, Thursday, March 27, 2008. American companies farm more than 45,000 acres, 18,211 hectacres, of land in three Mexican states, employing about 11,000 people, a 2007 survey by the U.S. farm group Western Growers shows. ( Photo/Guillermo Arias) ORG XMIT: MXGA207
Guillermo Arias The Spokesman-Review