by Student/Farmworker Alliance In just a few days, many of us will gather with our families around a table brimming with turkey and all the trimmings to reflect upon all that we are thankful for—from another year of health and happiness to the football game we’ll watch over our second slice of pumpkin pie. Unfortunately, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘tomato’
This Thanksgiving, take action to end the harvest of shame in the fields
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Aramark, campaign for fair food, ciw, farmworkers, giant, harvest, immokalee, kroger, publix, ralph's, sfa, sodexo, stop & shop, supermarkets, tomato on November 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Bigger than Just Tomatoes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food activism, Institutional role, public tastes, tomato on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Gillian Locascio It always seemed to center around the tomatoes. The colorful fruit with a colorful history was not new to its role as a symbol. Originating on the west coast of South America and most likely domesticated in Central America, the plant travelled across the Atlantic shortly after the Spanish Conquest of Tenochtitlan. [...]
