Letters to the Editor
Slavery in U.S. tomato industry!
Florida's tomato farms supply 50% of all U.S. fresh tomatoes. But unfortunately, modern time slavery is being practiced in Florida. Countless workers found held against their will, threatened with violence and forced to haul hundreds of heavy tomato buckets a day for little or no pay. Now is the worst part of Florida's tomato picking season – the days are hot and the vines have nearly been picked clean, making it hard to fill quotas.
Meanwhile, a new solution called the Fair Food Program has been innovated to enforce a policy of zero tolerance for slavery on tomato farms. It is estimated that 20.9 million people are forced to live in slavery around the world today. I would strongly urge the countries around the world including Bangladesh to stop modern day slavery through introducing fair deal with the workers.
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