Comments on: Field of Nightmares: Florida's Migrant Slave Trade Exposed

By: Civil Eats » Blog Archive » The Farmworker Legacy in Your Fridge

Civil Eats » Blog Archive » The Farmworker Legacy in Your Fridge — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:57:10 +0000

[...] “The Fruits of Their Labor.” (Listen to the audio of the event here) We’ve read about modern slavery in the tomato fields in Immokalee, Florida. You might ask why the situation in Florida would be any [...]

By: Amy DuFault

Amy DuFault — Tue, 12 May 2009 12:35:42 +0000

Thanks for this article Luanne. Yet another niche of life I’m horrified by.

By: Sarah Irani

Sarah Irani — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:05:03 +0000

Wow, thanks for opening our eyes to this. It’s really terrible. Similar to what has been happening between Guatemalan peasants and plantation owners for decades. This is not the kind of energy we need or want in our food. No chemicals and no slavery, please!

By: Luanne

Luanne — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:38:35 +0000

Thanks, Vanessa. I’ll check it out.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:17:01 +0000

I’m glad you wrote about this Luanne. What a horrible situation for those pickers.

Sustainable food service provider, Bon Appetit Management Company, also recently agreed to partner with CIW.
http://www.bamco.com/.

The agreement goes beyond those forged with the fast food providers. It was just announced last week and covered in the Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/28/AR2009042800835.html

Vanessa’s last blog post..Homemade Cultured Butter