Fair Food: Ending Slavery in the Fields LUCAS BENITEZ

“Today, we hear very much about the movement for sustainable food. It’s a tremendous vision that can and will work. But where are the human rights of the farm workers who harvest these products and also the small farmers who are suffering these conditions?”

 

Would you believe, here at the beginning of the 21st century, that slavery still exists?

 

Would it surprise you to know that nearly every order of fast food served with a slice of tomato is part of a system of extreme labor abuse and possibly even modern-day slavery that exists right here in the United States?


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