Food Ethics - Spring '07: working for food
This issue of our magazine looks at the suffering and success stories behind the dinner on our plates, with contributions from Felicity Lawrence, Jeff Rooker, Peter Ainsworth, Zad Padda, Ben Rogaly, Jez Lewis, Chris Kaufman, Charlie Clutterbuck and many others.
We rarely see the labour that puts dinner on our plates. When 23 Chinese cockle-pickers died in Morecambe Bay three years ago, many of us in the UK got a first glimpse of how deeply exploitative such work can be. The tragedy sparked a flurry of exposés and regulation but, as the articles in this magazine attest, our curtains twitched shut again all too soon.
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Morecambe Bay – three years onJez Lewis on bonded labour
Migrant motives
Donna Simpson speaks to seasonal workers in Ukraine
Analysis: workers and retail
Pressure on suppliers pushes worker exploitation | Ben Rogaly
Treat equally, curb abuse
Chris Kaufman on protecting temporary workers
Analysis: codes of practice
Are supermarket codes benefiting workers? | Stephanie Barrientos
The big question: is farm work good work?
Peter Ainsworth | David de Verny | Michael Green | Julius Joel | Felicity Lawrence | Julian Oram | Zad Padda | Jeff Rooker | Graeme Walker | Neil Ward
Vital statistics: is farm work good work (referenced version)
Frances Pollitzer
Analysis: migrant workers What challenges face migrant workers in rural England? | Palwinder Kaur
Columns
On the farmJohn Turner on investing subsidies sustainably
Worldview
Flavio Valente on Brazil implementing the right to food
Health conscious
Jane Landon on advertising alcohol to children
Capital concerns
Nick Robins on sustainable supermarkets Business pages
Safety is a skill worth building
Charlie Clutterbuck
Faith groups are a growing force
Michael Heasman
Regulars
From the editorLetters
News
Reviews – reading
Reviews – eating | Kevin Morgan
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