This book is about what it takes to grow tomatoes year-round for the U.S. market and what the consequences of that are for worker health, worker rights, and the environment.
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Book 70: Tomatoland
According to this book, if you've eaten a tomato in winter, or one at a fast food joint, you've eaten a tomato grown and picked by slave labor. And here's the thing: it probably didn't even taste good.
This book is about what it takes to grow tomatoes year-round for the U.S. market and what the consequences of that are for worker health, worker rights, and the environment.
This book is about what it takes to grow tomatoes year-round for the U.S. market and what the consequences of that are for worker health, worker rights, and the environment.
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