Teaser quote from AlterNet's post of the EcoSalon article:
If you think buying organic, locally-raised food from the farmers' market means that the workers who harvested your food were treated fairly, it’s not necessarily a given.
I can already hear folks bemoaning "What do we do about this now?" -- and the article offers some suggestions. To be clear, the article is not an expose of systematic abuses nor a rallying cry, but it does raise awareness that sometimes worker abuses exist in organic farms.
The entire article is here:
Are You Sure That Slaves Didn't Pick the Produce That Fills Your Fridge?
Are You Sure Slaves Didn't Pick the Produce [alternet.org]
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