California’s San Joaquin Valley is the country’s most productive farm belt: its fertile orchards and fields generate most of the nation’s fresh fruit and nuts. Yet for the people who work and live near these farms, access to healthy and fresh food can be a daily struggle.

An outgrowth of the American Realities project, watch the three-part series I worked on this summer with Fresno-based KQED reporter Sasha Khokha and producer/cameraman Scott Anger.

For the complete series, visit Center for Investigative Reporting online.

You can also visit KQED.org.