Comments on: Local Food Fever http://feelgoodfood.net/2009/04/local-food-fever/ ethical eating for the sensitive stomach Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tristan http://feelgoodfood.net/2009/04/local-food-fever/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Tristan Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:02:20 +0000 http://feelgoodfood.wordpress.com/?p=214#comment-82 My main concern over any farming is that the inability of farm workers to unionize. I think recently they got this right in Canada, but I don't know to what extent they are able to exercise it (i.e. I don't know whether the actual conditions on the ground are amenable to union-forming). I do know that a lot of farm workers work long hours with no overtime and less breaks than regular workers enjoy, often in fields with no shade and no bathroom. For me, a certification that the farm workers were treated like humans would be just as important as a certification that the food was being grown in an ecologically sustainable way. My main concern over any farming is that the inability of farm workers to unionize. I think recently they got this right in Canada, but I don’t know to what extent they are able to exercise it (i.e. I don’t know whether the actual conditions on the ground are amenable to union-forming).

I do know that a lot of farm workers work long hours with no overtime and less breaks than regular workers enjoy, often in fields with no shade and no bathroom. For me, a certification that the farm workers were treated like humans would be just as important as a certification that the food was being grown in an ecologically sustainable way.

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