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It Takes 110 Chemicals To Grow A Tomato In Florida
There is so much wrong with Florida tomatoes it’s hard to believe that anyone will touch them. One farmer tells author Barry Estabrook “I get paid per pound. I don’t get paid a cent for taste.” He also says the farm workers are slaves: “Slavery is what is happening. There is no way to gloss it. You can’t say ’slavery-like.’ You can’t say ‘near-slavery.’ ‘Human trafficking’ doesn’t even do it credit.”
He’s interviewed by CNN’s Eatocracy blog:
Eatocracy: How did you become invested in telling the story of the modern day tomato?…
