farmworkers
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Will the EPA help farmers fight pesticide poisoning?
USDA may force chem companies to help doctors diagnose pesticides.
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Poison apples bad for consumers, Snow White
Environmental Working Group sifts through USDA data to figure out which Dirty Dozen fruits and veggies deliver the most pesticides. This year's winner: apples
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Startling new report shines light on farm labor conditions — and they ain’t good
Like a factory in the field, except for the wage protections, benefits, and union. Photo: Vera ChangMost corporations involved in the food business quietly benefit from the invisibility of U.S. farmworkers. Bon Appetit Management Co., a U.S. subsidiary of the U.K.-based, transnational catering giant Compass Group, has done something odd: It has partnered with the […]
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What doesn’t kill you makes you gourmet
Editor’s note: The following essay and map are excerpted from Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas and are republished with permission by UC Press as part of Grist’s California agriculture series, an exploration of the people, farms, and issues shaping the state. Click for a larger version. The Bay Area is a tale of two […]
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Why is Trader Joe’s short-changing farmworker justice?
Hey Trader Joe’s: respect the people who harvest the food you sell. Photo: Scott RobertsonOver the past two decades, Trader Joe’s has grown rapidly as bargain-hunting foodies swarmed into its outlets. The chain now runs more than 350 stores with sales topping $8 billion in 2009. The secret to its dazzling success? Fortune magazine describes […]
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Putting faces to your food [SLIDESHOW]
The following essay and images are excerpted with permission from The Migrant Project: Contemporary California Farm Workers, an iconic photo-documentary series shot by Rick Nahmias in 2002-03 and later published as a monograph. Each morning, as early as 2 a.m., these women travel from Mexicali to the Calexico Port of Entry. They wait to board […]
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Dando la cara a la comida [en Español]
Reproducido con permiso – (C) Rick Nahmias/Todos los derechos reservados (Check out the slideshow in English here.) Fotografía: (C) Rick Nahmias/themigrantproject.com Cada día, a más tardar a las 2:00 a.m., estas mujeres viajan desde Mexicali al puerto de entrada a Calexico. Esperan para abordar los autobuses que las transportarán casi 75 millas al norte para […]
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The ‘food desert’ in the heart of California’s farming region
The Central Valley of California produces half the fruits and vegetables grown in the US, yet its farmworker families have little access to fresh food
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The 'food desert' in the heart of California's farming region
The Central Valley of California produces half the fruits and vegetables grown in the US, yet its farmworker families have little access to fresh food