On Fri, 19 Jul 2002, Michael Perelman wrote:
> If we paid farm workers as well as those who labor on Wall Street
> and accorded farm workers the sort of dignity that college professors
> enjoy, parents might still try to steer their children away from farm
> work because of the frequent exposure to potentially lethal toxins.
> But then, if society esteemed farm workers, farmer owners would not and
> could not spray them with impunity.
Well, organic farming would take care of the toxins. But if we paid them as well as Wall Streeters, could we afford the produce? Or even if we paid them as much as say, automobile assembly line workers?
Michael