tomatoes

[John Thornton]

According to the USDA farm value share is about 20% of retail cost of which
labor is only part. Even if farm labor costs doubled how could this double
the retail price? Is this possible?
John Thornton

Friday, July 19, 2002 9:03 Michael Pollak replied:

So we could pay the workers in both industries a handsome wage and the
cost of the goods wouldn't more than, say double?

That's great to know somehow.
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> On Fri, 19 Jul 2002, Michael Perelman wrote:
>
>  The cost of food production, like sweatshop clothing, is a small part of
>  the retail cost.