At Cesar Chavez’s funeral, his grandchildren placed on the altar a 12-inch tool known as el cortito, a relic of Chavez’s crusade to ease the pain of farmworkers who stooped for hours as they yanked ...

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THE MONTEREY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ALSO ADOPTING A RESOLUTION TODAY COMMEMORATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE "SHORT HANDLED HOE" BEING OUTLAWED IN CALIFORNIA.... ALSO KNOWN AS "EL CORTITO".. IT ...

To use the short-handled hoe, field workers had to bend over and stay stooped in order to move on to the next plant. Credit: Leonard Nadel/Bracero History Archive Want more? Subscribe to our ...

What is the Fiskars Xact Weed Puller? The Fiskars Xact Weed Puller is a long-handled weeding tool designed to grab hold of weeds just below the surface of the soil and pull the whole plant up, roots ...

WEEDING can be a lengthy, boring and sometimes painful job - with the constant bending over often leading to backache. However, there's a new tool on the market that green-fingered shoppers are racing ...