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Episode 347: Farm Labor and Fair Food

Episode 347: Farm Labor and Fair Food

FromThe Farm Report


Episode 347: Farm Labor and Fair Food

FromThe Farm Report

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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
Feb 20, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Who are the people growing our food, and what are their experiences? How, as informed eaters, can we make food choices that lead to fair wages and safe, humane working conditions? In conversations about building a sustainable food system, these questions are often ignored or overshadowed by other issues; in this episode of The Farm Report, they are front and center. Join host Lisa Held as she leads a panel discussion on agricultural labor in front of a live audience at Brooklyn’s Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD), featuring Coalition of Immokalee Workers senior staff member Gerardo Reyes Chavez, Rev. Noelle Damico of the Alliance for Fair Food, "Labor and the Locavore" author Margaret Gray, and Jody Bolluyt, a farmer at Roxbury Farm.
Released:
Feb 20, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Farm Report is a show about the people, processes, and policies that shape how food is produced today. From the latest agricultural innovations to the day-to-day challenges of running a viable business growing vegetables and grazing cattle, host Lisa Elaine Held engages in conversations with farmers and farmworkers and the people who work alongside them—like chefs, researchers, activists, and investors. Expect from-the-field insights paired with real-world context as guests explore how producing fresh, delicious food relates to environmental and community sustainability, equality and justice, politics and policy, and better health.