1.0Sightline Institutehttps://www.sightline.orgJennifer Langstonhttps://www.sightline.org/profile/jennifer-langston/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="pzB7uWsu1d"><a href="https://www.sightline.org/2012/11/13/what-do-immigrant-farmers-need/">What Do Immigrant Farmers Need?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sightline.org/2012/11/13/what-do-immigrant-farmers-need/embed/#?secret=pzB7uWsu1d" width="600" height="338" title="“What Do Immigrant Farmers Need?” — Sightline Institute" data-secret="pzB7uWsu1d" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.sightline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Hmong-flower-seller-flickr-8-Eyes-Photography.jpg240218Today, it's almost impossible to imagine the Pike Place Market without stall after stall of flowers: tulips in spring, dahlias in summer, dried bouquets in winter. But three decades ago, that future was not assured. It drew only a few dozen farmers selling produce there on busy Saturdays. Around that time, Seattle had become a destination for a growing number of Hmong refugees, who had provided intelligence and combat support to the U.S. during the Vietnam War. Many had been farmers in the highlands of Southeast Asia. After American troops pulled out, communist reprisals forced a mass exodus of Hmong families to refugee camps.