“The trucker is emblematic of shifts that have happened throughout the industry whereby the lionization of the consumer has resulted in cuts to the laborer.”
From https://www.benjaminlorr.net/bio/: BENJAMIN LORR is the author of The Secret Life of Groceries, an expose of the dark underbelly of the American food industry, and Hell-Bent, a critically acclaimed exploration of the Bikram Yoga community that first detailed patterns of abuse and sexual misconduct by guru Bikram Choudhury. Lorr is a graduate of Montgomery County public schools and Columbia University. He lives in New York City.
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Episode #21 Notes
1:00 - The Secret Life of Groceries and Perilous Bounty
1:30 - What motivated you to write The Secret Life of Groceries?
4:00 - The low down on Trader Joe’s
9:45 - A day in the life at The Food Show
16:15 - Truckers and Co-Packers.
23:00 - Food supply chains in Southeast Asia.
27:00 - The affects of pricing and the “race to the bottom”
37:00 - Global trade treaties, labor standards, and policy blind-spots.
41:30 - Suggested readings?
Perilous Bounty, Tom Philpott
This Old Man All in Pieces, Roger Angell
