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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 these farms, which are structured by individual farmers selling tobacco to the big companies like...

GMOs

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On May 8, 2014

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.

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Dust Bowl Analogies

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On February 10, 2014
The point in this New York Times op-ed is a good one--the state of farming in California is highly tenuous. Given that a huge percentage of the fruits and veggies you are eating in the cold, cold month of February come from The Golden State,...
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Wage Theft in the Chile Fields

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On December 17, 2013
Green chile. The greatest gift New Mexico has given to the world, when you visit the Land of Enchantment, that chile is found everywhere from the most humble breakfast burrito (breakfast taco is second rate Texans) to the high end overpriced Santa Fe restaurants where...

Clueless

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On September 26, 2013

Not only does Megan McArdle not understand how agricultural subsidies work, she creates a myth about giving money to people for working being better than giving money to people for.

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