September 17, 2009 at 8:00 am by Vanessa Barrington
A Look at the Human Hands Behind Our Food
I recently had the opportunity to attend a panel discussion about farmworker justice entitled, “The Fruits of Their Labor.”
Update 9/24/09: The panel was organized by CUESA, The Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture and they’ve posted a link to the audio files of the panel, so you can listen to the discussion yourself.
We’ve read about modern slavery in the tomato fields in Immokalee, Florida. You might ask why the situation in Florida would be any different than, for instance, the large farms in …
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