organic, 1
quantity of use, in pounds, 1
inspectors, 1
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, 1
Interfaith Action of Southwest Florida, 1
internal temperature, 1
Intertek, 1
intimidation, 1
involuntary servitude, 1, 2
iodide, 1
iodomethane, 1
irrigation, 1
isoamyle acetate, 1
Italy, 1
Ixcoy, Andres, 1
J
John, Frank, 1
Jonas, Steve, 1
K
Kegley, Susan, 1
Kennedy, Edward, 1
Kennedy, John F., 1
Kirk, Steven, 1
Klee, Harry, 1
Klonsky, Karen, 1
Kohman, E. F., 1
L
L. chilense, 1
LaBelle, Florida, 1
labor
child, xvi, 1
protection, 1
women and, 1
Labor Department, U.S., 1
labor laws, 1, 2
Brown on, 1
Lady Moon Farms, 1
Lake Apopka, 1
water quality, 1
Lake Placid, 1
landowners’ responsibilities, 1
last harvest, 1
late blight, 1, 2
Lee, Linda, 1
life expectancy, 1
limestone gravel, 1
Lipman, Max, 1
Livingston, Alexander W., 1, 2
Livingston and the Tomato (Livingston), 1
local, 1
locular jelly, 1, 2
Long, Donald, 1
Yaffa’s deposition of, 1
lunch breaks, 1
lycopene, 1
M
Maceda, Sostenes, 1
Mainster, Barbara, 1, 2
mala aurea, 1
malic, 1
Manatee County, Florida, 1
mancozeb (fungicide), 1, 2
Marmande, 1
Martinez, Antonio, 1
Martinez, Jose, 1
Matthioli, Pietro Andrea, 1
Matt’s Wild Cherry, 1, 2
mature greens, 1, 2
process, 1
Mayan, 1
McDonald’s, 1, 2
McElroy, Terence, 1
Medel, Jose Hilario, 1
medicine, use of tomatoes in, 1
men, single, 1
Mennonite Church, 1
Mesoamerican farmers, 1
methamidophos, 1
methyl bromide, 1, 1. See also fumigation
Ag-Mart Produce, Inc. use of, 1
application, 1
methyl iodide, 1
metribuzin (herbicide), 1, 2
Mexican tomatoes, 1
Florida tomato vs., 1
production techniques, 1
Mexico City, Mexico, 1
Meza, Maria, 1, 2
Miami Herald, 1
Migrant Farmworker Justice Project of Florida Legal Services, 1
migrant worker. See also Hispanic migrants
AIDs education program for, 1
life expectancy of, 1
Miguel A. Flores Harvesting, Inc., 1
Miller, Wayne, 1, 2
Milunsky, Aubrey, 1
mineral oil, 1
minimum wage, 1, 2
laws, 1
modern agribusiness, 1
modern agricultural practices, 1
Modern-Day Slavery Museum, 1, 2
moisture, 1
Mojave Desert, 1
molecular biology, 1
Molloy, Douglas, xv, 1, 2
monoculture fields, 1
Monsanto, 1, 2
Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, 1
Moskowitz, Howard, 1
muck farms, 1
N
Naples, Florida, ix, 1, 2
Naples News, 1, 2
Naranja, Florida, 1
Nation, Allan, 1
National Canners Association, 1
National Council of Churches, 1
National Labor Relations Act, 1
National Science Foundation, 1
Navarrete, Cesar, 1
Navarrete, Geovanni, 1
Navarrete, Jesus, 1
Navarrete, Jose, 1
Navarrete family, case against, 1, 2
Campaign for Fair Food and, 1
indictment against, 1
SAFE auditor and, 1
nematodes, 1
hybrids resistant to, 1
nonchemical alternatives to fight, 1
New Deal, 1
New Yorker, 1
New York’s Union Square farmers’ market, 1
niacin content, 1
niche marketing, 1, 2
nonchemical alternatives, 1. See also organic
North American Free Trade Agreement, 1
nut grass, 1
nutrients, soil, 1
organic methods and, 1
nutrition, 1
O
obedience, 1
Omnivore’s Dilemma (Pollan), 1
organic, xii. See also Lady Moon Farms
insecticide, 1
soil nutrients and, 1
organic tomato, 1
profit, 1
organization, 1
oxamyl, 1
Oxfam America, 1
ozone layer, 1
Ozores-Hampton, Monica, 1, 2
P
Pacific Tomato Growers, 1, 2
Campaign for Fair Food and, 1
Pacito, Don, 1
Packer magazine, 1
packing, 1
UglyRipe, 1
Palm Beach Post, 1
The Pantry, 1
Papa Joe’s, 1
Paragon, 1
Pasternack, Dave, 1
pathogens, 1, 2
Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 1
Pena, Ramon, 1
per acre yields, 1
Perez, Antonio, 1
Peru, 1, 2, 3
wild tomatoes in, 1
Pesticide Action Network of North America, 1, 2
Bad Actors and, 1
iodide and, 1
pesticide exposure, 1, 2, 3, See also specific cases
bird deaths by, 1
birth defects and, 1
California vs. Florida cases, 1
in community, 1
Schell and, 1
pesticide regulation
enforcement, 1
violations of, 1
pesticides, 1
abuse investigation and enforcement program, 1
Ag-Mart Produce, Inc. use of, 1
application laws, 1
approval, 1
complaints before Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 1
on conventionally grown tomatoes, 1
handling instructions, 1
health effects, 1
poisoning, 1
residue, 1, 2
toxicity of, xvi
training programs, 1
use in dollars, 1
petroleum-based products, 1
Phytophthora, 1
piece basis, 1
pin-hookers, 1
pistoleros, 1
planting, 1
Pollan, Michael, 1
polyethylene plastic mulch, 1
pome dei Moro, 1
pommes d’amour, 1
popular education, 1
pre-Columbian Americans, 1
pregnancy, 1. See also birth defects
Presbyterian Church, 1
preserving quality, 1
Procacci, Joseph, 1, 2
Procacci Brothers Sales Corporation, 1, 2, 3, See also Gargiulo, Inc.; UglyRipe
base, 1
production, xii–xiii
in Mexico, 1
railroad and, 1
Prowl, 1
pruning, 1
pulling beds, 1
&n
bsp; R
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 1
Raghu, André, 1
railroad, 1
raised beds, 1
Ramirez, Romeo, 1, 2
Ramos, Jose Luis, 1
Ramos, Juan, 1
Ramos, Ramiro, 1, 2
Reading, Pennsylvania, 1
Red Pear, 1
Redlands Christian Migrant Association, 1, 2, 3, 4
regulations, 1
REI. See restricted-entry intervals
Reigart, J. Routt, 1
rent, 1
reproductive disorders, 1
toxins and, 1
restricted-entry intervals (REI), 1
Revolutionary War, 1
Reyes, Geraldo, 1, 2, 3, 4
Crist to, 1
Rick, C. M., Jr., 1
Rick, Charlie, 1
RICO. See Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
ripeness, 1
ripening, artificial, 1, 2, 3, See also ethylene gas
Roberts, John G., 1, 2
Roblero, Ariosto, 1
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 1
roots, 1
Rudo, Kenneth, 1
Ruiz, Raul Humberto, 1
Rural Neighborhoods, 1
S
SAFE. See Socially Accountable Farm Employers
salmonella, 1
accusations for outbreak of, xiv, 1
salsa origins, 1
Sanchez, Pascuala, 1
sand, tomato field, 1
concentrations of moisture in, 1
Sanders, Bernie, 1, 2, 3, 4
Sanibel Island, Florida, 1
sanitation efforts, 1
Santa Sweets, 1, 2
Santana, 1
Santorum, Rick, 1
Schell, Gregory S., 1, 2
Schleifer, Rebecca, 1
Scott, John Warner, 1
Scythe, 1
seasonal, 1
seed catalog copywriters, 1
seepage irrigation, 1
self-pollination, 1
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, 1
Sequence, Pierre Robin, 1
Shafey, Omar, 1
shower program, 1
Six L’s Packing Company, 1, 2
Campaign for Fair Food and, 1
slavery, history of, 1
slavery, modern-day, xv–xvi, 1, 1. See also specific cases
Domingo case, 1
as inherent to economic system, 1
in Lake Placid, 1
Martinez, A., case, 1
Miguel A. Flores Harvesting, Inc. and, 1
threats against victims’ families, 1
small farm, 1, 2
Socially Accountable Farm Employers (SAFE), 1
Sodexo, 1
sodium content, 1
soil. See also sand, tomato field
Florida, 1
fumigation, 1
nutrients, 1
organic methods and nutrients in, 1
sand, 1
solarization, 1
Solanum arcanum, 1
Solanum cerasiforme, 1
Solanum chilense, 1, 2
Solanum habrochaites, 1
Solanum juglandifolium, 1
Solanum lycopersicum, xi, 1, 2
Solanum ochranthum, 1
Solanum pennielli, 1
Solanum peruvianum, 1
Solanum pimpinellifolium, 1, 2, 3
search for, 1
Solanum sitiens, 1
Sonoran Desert, 1
sorghum, 1
Sota, Francesca, 1
soup kitchen, 1
South America, 1. See also specific places
Southern Poverty Law Center, 1
Southwest Florida Research & Education Center, 1
Specter, Arlen, 1
spotted wilt virus, 1
St. John’s River Water Management District, 1
staking, 1
standards of food, xii
Stark, Tim (Tomatoman), 1
Stauber, John, 1
Stauffacher, Fritz, 1
Steele, John E., 1
stem canker, 1
Stockman Grass Farmer, 1
strawberry, 1
structure, tomato, 1
Stuart, Michael, 1
Student/Farmworker Alliance, 1
Styers, Greg, 1
subcontractor system, 1, 2
sudangrass, 1
sugarcane agriculture, 1
sugars, 1
Sun ’N Lakes, 1
sunlight, 1
supermarket chains, 1, 2, 3
supermarket tomatoes, 1
pesticide residue and, xiii, 1
prices, 1
surfxholic36, 1
sustainability, violations of, 1
“sweatshops in the fields,” 112
T
T-1 visas, 1
Taco Bell, 1
Tariff Act of March 3, 1883, 1
taste panel, 1
Tasti-Lee, 1
test-market, 1
Tembladera, 1
temperature
taste and, 1
tomatoes’ internal, 1
teratogenic, 1
tetra-amelia syndrome, 1
cases, 1
theatro, 1
thiamin content, 1
Thomas Produce Company, 1
tobacco mosaic, 1
Together for Agricultural Safety, 1
tomatillos silvestres, 1
Tomato Committee. See Florida Tomato Committee
Tomato Growers Exchange. See Florida Tomato Growers Exchange
“tomato tar,” 102, 1
Tommy Toe, 1
Touchdown, 1
Tower Cabins, 1
trafficking. See human trafficking
U
UglyRipe, 1, 2
exemption, 1
fight for, 1
at packing plant, 1
“ultrafirm tomato,” 144
United States. See also specific places
first tomatoes in, 1
percentage of Florida tomatoes in, x
Universidad de Chile, 1
University of California Davis, xii, 1, 2, 3, See also C.M. Rick Tomato Genetics Resource Center
University of California Los Angeles, 1
University of Chicago, 1
University of Florida, 1. See also Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition
University of Florida’s Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, 1
University of Notre Dame, 1
University of South Florida’s College of Education, 1
urbanization, 1, 2
V
Vasquez, Jose, 1
vegetable popularity, x
Vegetable Production Handbook for Florida 2010–2011, 1, 2
verticillium wilt, 1
Viacava, Joseph, 1, 2
Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, 1, 2, 3
vitamin C content, 1
volatiles, 1
wild tomatoes and, 1
W
wage, xiv. See also minimum wage
at Eckerton Hill Farm, 1
farmworkers’ average household income and, 1
Immokalee per capita income and, 1
at Lady Moon Farms, 1
piece basis, 1
tomato worker, 1
water, 1
quality, 1
Whiteside, Thomas, 1
Whitworth, Glenn, 1
Whitworth Farms, 1
Whole Foods Market, 1, 2, 3, 4
CIW and, 1
wild tomatoes, xiii, 1, 2
habitat, 1
health benefits, 1
in Peru, 1, 2
population surveys, 1
volatiles and, 1
Williams, Amy Bennett, 1
winter fields, x
women. See also birth defects
laborers, 1
pregnancy, 1
Wor
ker Protection Standard (Environmental Protection Agency), 1, 2
workers, tomato, xv. See also farmworker; slavery, modern-day
earnings of, 1
exposure to chemicals, 1
job requirements for, 1
lunch and bathroom breaks for, 1
reporting pesticide exposure, 1
typical life of, 1
wage, 1
women, 1
workers’ rights, 1
Wynette, Tammy, 1
Y
Yaffa, Andrew, 1, 2, 3
deposition of Long, 1
Yeggy, Tricia, 1
yellow-leaf curl virus, 1
Yum! Brands, 1, 2, 3, See also specific companies
Z
zoning laws, 1
James Beard Award-winning journalist Barry Estabrook was a contributing editor at Gourmet magazine for eight years, writing investigative articles about where food comes from. He was the founding editor of Eating Well magazine and has written for the New York Times Magazine, Reader’s Digest, Men’s Health, Audubon, and the Washington Post, and contributes regularly to The Atlantic’s Web site. His work has been anthologized in the Best American Food Writing series, and he has been interviewed on numerous television and radio shows. He lives and grows tomatoes in his garden in Vermont. Visit him at www.politicsoftheplate.com.
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