4 Things You Didn’t Know About Tomatoes That You Can Learn From The ‘Food Chains’ Documentary

*Eric Schlosser explains: There is so much interest in food these days, but little interest in the people who bring us the food. Check it out, starting Nov. 21. VL

By Pili Valdés, Remezcla

I seldom watch documentaries. When I do it’s because I am feeling particularly ambitious about proving to Netflix that it does not know me that well because if it did the “Top Picks for PIli” would include films that hint I have a working intellect and am a socially-conscious lady.

Naturally, when I got the opportunity to attend a Food Chains screening I was psyched. Really, I was. I was even more surprised to realize that even if I had the option of pausing the screen (which I didn’t) I wouldn’t have exercised it. Food Chains is direct about its subject matter and specific in detailing the ways you can help.

Executive produced by Eva Longoria, directed by Sanjay Rawal, with explanations by Eric Schlosser and narrated by Forest Whitaker, Food Chains documents the positive changes the The Fair Food Program (FFP) has created in the agricultural labor industry while showcasing its still existing dehumanizing practices, i.e picking 40 buckets full of tomatoes, getting paid $0.50 a bucket, and being sexually harassed in the fields.

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