Farm Labor

Why The Modern Tomato Is Flawed

Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Farming, Food, Immokalee, Tomatoes, Farm Labor, Food Security, Food Politics, Food News
Kurt Michael Friese

In his new book, Barry Estabrook tells us why the modern factory-farmed tomato in most grocery stores is a poster child for nearly everything that is wrong with industrial agriculture.

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The Factory Farm Environmental Degradation and Animal Cruelty Protection Act

Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Sustainable Food, Food Politics, Agriculture, Food, Farming, Capitalism, Farm Labor, Huffington Post, Cafos, Meat, Food News
Kurt Michael Friese

Had this bill been in force a few years ago, it might well have been used to put all the people behind the famous documentary Food, Inc. in prison.

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Watch: Veggies Gone Wild!!!

Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Children's Rights, Children, Farm Labor, Food Politics, Agriculture, World News
Human Rights Watch

By Jo Becker, advocacy director for the children's rights division of Human Rights Watch Hundreds of thousands of children are employed as farmwork...

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