The Ethics of Avocados
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 11:16 am
Came across this article yesterday after hearing a spot on it on the Good Food podcast out of KCRW in LA.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303277704579349283584121344?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303277704579349283584121344.html
Or if you prefer to listen to the interview, here is the link:
http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/gf/gf140308guerrilla_tacos_avoc
If 4 out of 5 avocados that are imported into the US are from the area where the Mexican mafia is extorting ALL of the growers, packers, etc., that doesn't leave many "clean" avocados out there - basically what is grown in California. It's disheartening that we have to expand the ethics of food conversation beyond the meat/dairy/egg industry to produce. This brings to mind the expose Gourmet magazine did several years ago on the tomato slave trade in Florida. It makes our food choices tougher and tougher.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303277704579349283584121344?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303277704579349283584121344.html
Or if you prefer to listen to the interview, here is the link:
http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/gf/gf140308guerrilla_tacos_avoc
If 4 out of 5 avocados that are imported into the US are from the area where the Mexican mafia is extorting ALL of the growers, packers, etc., that doesn't leave many "clean" avocados out there - basically what is grown in California. It's disheartening that we have to expand the ethics of food conversation beyond the meat/dairy/egg industry to produce. This brings to mind the expose Gourmet magazine did several years ago on the tomato slave trade in Florida. It makes our food choices tougher and tougher.