Working for a living is the American way, but when is the American way no longer worth it? What most people don't see is the hard work that goes behind every product sold in our stores, especially grocery stores. Crop production is the forty-third most employed industry in the United States, with over six hundred and twenty-seven thousand employees nationwide (Top 50 Industries). The big picture is that everything in our grocery stores, everything that keeps this country free from hunger, comes from agriculture and crop production. The real numbers to look at would be the number of immigrants who work long hours seven days a week to keep our agricultural production alive, but who don't show up in employment statistics. The problem is that the US government does not require agricultural employers to pay their workers a minimum wage (Avakian, Brad). This leaves workers struggling to live, eat, drink, and support their families, while the average full-time worker works forty hours a week. If we do the math, that's three hundred and seventy dollars a week. Now exclude thirty percent that will be taken for taxes. Now your weekly income is around two hundred and fifty-nine dollars. Americans, as well as those who live and work in the United States, struggle to live on such an income. Agricultural workers, whether immigrants or not, cannot live a comfortable life on an income below minimum wage. The sad truth is that the law does not require all agricultural workers to receive a minimum wage. This allows employers to pay their workers a very small wage and make a very large profit in return. Although underpayment does not affect all agricultural sectors, it is certainly present in too many sectors and forces those employed to suffer the loss of their housing, food and healthcare products..