May 8, 2009 at 5:00 am by Luanne Bradley
Field of Nightmares: Florida's Migrant Slave Trade Exposed
There’s more to Gourmet than coverage of great summer tomato recipes. Recent posts detail a shocking account of modern-day slavery in the fields of the Sunshine State.
I heard about this through my cousin, Alexander Novak (son of famed columnist Robert) who described the piece as “disturbing.”
I have to agree and here is why: Governor Charlie Crist has failed to meet with any of the grassroots farm labor organizations such as the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) trying to end the well-documented abuses.
According to the coverage by writer Barry …
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