So this is kind of an interesting story about a big hop farm in Idaho. I read it because I like beer. But I also read it to see how work is discussed. And of course, it is discussed only in the most passing way....
agriculture
The California drought has not only devastated owners, but the workers who rely upon migrant farm work to survive: On July 11, Camacho was working at a health resource fair.
The obscene use of fertilizer and chemicals leads to algae blooms that make the water supply of Toledo undrinkable. The problem is exacerbated by the non-native zebra mussels that eliminate.
On July 11, 1934, the Southern Tenant Farmers Union formed when eleven white farmers and seven black farmers met in Tyronza, Arkansas to form a union of sharecroppers to fight for poor farmers' rights. Perhaps the last gasp of the Farmers Alliance potential to reach...
The prison-industrial complex finds new ways to generate profit. So it's hardly surprising that probably the industry most exploitative of labor in American history--agriculture--is more than happy to take advantage..
The decline of the monarch butterfly results from multiple causes. The one that gets the most play is logging (often illegal and done by the cartel) in its wintering ground.
While I am open to an argument that part of an immigration reform package should include a guestworker program, I am extraordinarily skeptical. Why? Because guestworker programs have ALWAYS been used to bust strikes. They give employers even greater leverage over their workers than trucking...
The explosion in temp work has happened because employers see it as a profitable way to exploit labor, getting rid of troublemakers, avoiding legal responsibility, and keeping wages and benefits.
Human Rights Watch just released a powerful new report on the abuse of child labor on American tobacco farms. Children as young as the age of 7 are working on.
I've long thought GMOs were the most overrated scary issue current liberals care about. But I never quite had the right words. Mark Bittman does: Then there are G.M.O.'s: OMG (the palindrome is irresistible). Someone recently said to me, “The important issues are food policy,...
A few victual related items for your Friday afternoon: 1. The fad of celebrity chefs making "runway food" to promote the conspicuous consumption of rich people that then gets celebrated.
I strongly recommend Michele Simon's article on how Tyson Foods and the USDA have pushed forward drastic increases in chicken production line speeds that would increase the profits of meat.