http://zesterdaily.com/zester-soapbo...to-farmworkers
One more penny per pound for tomatoes could change the lives of farmworkers who work in near slavery conditions.

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com...t-of-tomatoes/#
"Mass-produced tomatoes have become redder, more tender and slightly more flavorful than the crunchy orange 'cello-wrapped' specimens of a couple of decades ago, but the lives of the workers who grow and pick them haven’t improved much since Edward R. Murrow’s revealing and deservedly famous Harvest of Shame report of 1960, which contained the infamous quote, 'We used to own our slaves; now we just rent them.'...”

Other articles:
http://www.ciw-online.org/

NPR's "Fresh Air" interviewed the author of "Tomatoland" today.