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Tomatoland, Third Edition
Tomatoland, Third Edition: From Harvest of Shame to Harvest of Hope | Barry Estabrook
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Four entirely new chapters take up where the current edition leaves off to tell the story behind what president Bill Clinton calls “the most astonishing thing politically in the world we’re living in today.” Estabrook reveals how a rag-tag group of migrant tomato pickers in Florida convinced the world’s largest restaurant chains and food retailers to join forces to create a model for labor justice, and then took the necessary steps to make sure that the model really works, not only in Florida, but around the world. The book includes a new foreword by journalist and author Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation).
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"Later that day, Grimaldi had to stand in a ditch full of what he assumed was water to reach a row of plants with the sprayer. That night, when he went to wash his feet, his toenails fell off, just like flakes of soap."

Guys, I don't know if I can finish this one ??

LoverofLit Barf 😰 5y
EchoLogical @LoverofLit It's awful. They've already mentioned babies born with birth defects because of all the pesticides their parents have been exposed to and I feel sick. 5y
LoverofLit Yeah that sounds rough. I'm not sure my stomach could make it through that. I tried Stiff by Mary Roach early last year and the descriptions with decomposition and maggots just did me in. I gagged through the first 100 pages and gave up. 5y
EchoLogical @LoverofLit I don't blame you. That sounds disgusting. 5y
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