My first was 4:30am, dragging a giant basket down rows of sweetcorn, hand-picking at age 10. Got paid with a bag of sweetcorn and what I was told was "charact

My first was 4:30am, dragging a giant basket down rows of sweetcorn, hand-picking at age 10. Got paid with a bag of sweetcorn and what I was told was "character". Ahh, the innocence of being a stereotypical Iowan. In hindsight, the character built was worth every bead of sweat.