Barry Estabrook

Did A Slave Grow Your Tomato?

Daniel Klein | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Food Justice, Daniel Klein, Labor, Mirra Fine, Slavery, Perennial Plate, Lupe Gonzalo, Tomatoland, Organic, Barry Estabrook, Sustainable, Food, Tomato Farming, Food News
Daniel Klein

Cheap food is not really cheap. We made this short film in Immokalee Florida, where a third of the tomatoes in our grocery stores are grown.

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Carey Polis

Trader Joe's Relents To Pressure, Signs Fair Food Agreement

HuffingtonPost.com | Carey Polis | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Trader Joe's, Fair Food Agreement, Tomato, Video, Tomato Per Pound, Coalition of Imokalee Workers, Barry Estabrook, Trader Joe's Tomatoes, Latino Prosperity, Food News

Trader Joe's relented this week and signed a Fair Food Agreement with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), a community-based organization of main...

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Meatless Monday: Labor Day Pains

Ellen Kanner | Posted 11.05.2011

Read More: Fast Food Nation, Tomatoland, Barry Estabrook, Food, Inc. Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Slow Food USA, Eric Schlosser, Josh Viertel, Green News
Ellen Kanner

You want to be treated right on the job and you deserve to be. So do the people who grow our food.

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Edible Radio Episode 96: Smart Food with Barry Estabrook

Edible | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Edible Communities, Tomatoland, Barry Estabrook, Jane Black, Edible Radio, Food News
Edible

Smart Food is the Edible Radio podcast hosted by Jane Black. Jane's guest today is Barry Estabrook, journalist and author of Tomatoland: How Modern ...

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Writer, Filmmakers Expose Plight Of Migrant Workers

Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Farm Workers, La Cosecha, The Harvest, Migrant Farm Workers, Tomatoland, Barry Estabrook, Food News

The plight of the migrant farm worker is a sad reality of American agriculture. There are two new recent efforts (one book, one movie) that spotlight ...

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Spilled Milk: The Trouble With U.S. Dairies

The Kitchn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dairies, Dairy, Barry Estabrook, Farmers, Gastronomica, Food News

"A Tale of Two Dairies," Barry Estabrook's heartbreaking article about the U.S. dairy system, begins with the suicide of a small dairy farmer. With mi...

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Meatless Monday: Labor Day Pains

Ellen Kanner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barry Estabrook, Inc., Food, Josh Viertel, Eric Schlosser, Labor Day, Ciw, Slow Food, Eat-Ins, Sustainable Food, Food Politics, Meatless Mondays, Green News
Ellen Kanner

Purple mountain majesties, amber waves of grain, we've got it all, but one of America's greatest natural resources is you. Yeah, you sitting in your ...

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