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| Chances are that if you've eaten a domestic tomato this winter, you've eaten a fruit picked by the hand of a modern-day slave. As the logistics of industrial food systems often require, exploitation is a key ingredient in feeding our desire for out-of-season produce. Workers are paid only 45 cents for every 32-pound basket of tomatoes they pick, which almost ensures a cycle of endemic poverty. |
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