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| FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOOD + FARMING FROM TOM PHILPOTT | |||
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THE MAIN DISH In a new Los Angeles Times investigation, reporter Richard Marosi finds that Mexico's megafarms adhere to the strictest standards when it comes to food safety and cleanliness, driven by the demands of big US buyers. "In immaculate greenhouses, laborers are ordered to use hand sanitizers and schooled in how to pamper the produce," Marosi writes. "They're required to keep their fingernails carefully trimmed so the fruit will arrive unblemished in U.S. supermarkets." But while the produce is coddled, the workers face a different reality. To read about their deplorable conditions, click here. [READ MORE]
SIDE DISH Watch What It's Like to Be a Factory Farmed Chicken A contract poultry farmer opens his doors, revealing the nasty, brutish, and short lives of the chickens we eat. [READ MORE]
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