Dr. Ann López: California Farmworker Reality Tours
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Dr. Ann López discusses the California farmworker reality tours and the challenges faced by farmworker families.
#272: Dr. Ann López discusses the California farmworker reality tours she's designed and the deeper story they reveal about modern agriculture. As founder and executive director of the Center for Farmworker Families, López has worked to expose the difficult circumstances farmworker families face while helping the public understand the binational systems that drive migration, poverty, and invisibility in the fields. This episode offers a direct look at the people behind the produce and the structures that keep their labor hidden from view. https://realorganicproject.org/dr-ann-lopez-california-farmworker-reality-tours The Real Organic Podcast is hosted by Dave Chapman and Linley Dixon, engineered by Brandon StCyr, and edited and produced by Jenny Prince.The Real Organic Project is a farmer-led movement working towards certifying 1,000 farms across the United States. Our add-on food label distinguishes soil-grown fruits and vegetables from hydroponically-raised produce, and pasture-raised meat, milk, and eggs from products harvested from animals in horrific confinement (CAFOs - confined animal feeding operations).To find a Real Organic farm near you, please…
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