EQUITABLE
FOOD
INITIATIVE

Standing with farmworkers still important today

National Catholic Reporter

The initiative… promises to guarantee restaurant and grocery chains quality produce with no waste in return for high enough pay that the laborers can afford to reject the overripe fruit that would spoil a whole container. Nicholson says it’s like the auto manufacturers coming to see that benefits outweighed the costs of airbags. Companies like Costco recognize the benefit of paying fruit pickers for quality.

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