A group of smiling women enjoy a break in the 1950s. The plants in the foreground are growing in neat rows. Fruit crops were labour intensive, i.e. many people were needed to grow and harvest the crop. Could the women be picking the crop?
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Questions
- What crop are the women picking?
- What is meant by the term 'labour intensive'?