Seminar Week 10

SOS:ComAlt

Seminar Pre-Writing Week 10

06.06.17

Passages:

“A system has been put in place so workers can complain about injustices without fear of being fired. Health and safety rules were established, requiring farms to provide shade for workers; guaranteeing them a sufficient number of work breaks, including time for lunch; and introducing a stern policy to combat sexual harassment – all to common in the fields. These are all rights that the average American takes for granted, but they had never applied to tomato workers.” (Estabrook 2012: 190)

“ Farmworkers in the United States are the largest landless workforce in the food system. We’re not just landless in that we don’t own the land we’re working. We don’t even own our own homes. For farmworkers, we’re nowhere. We’re not seen anywhere. We are invisible, except for the value we bring to some landowner…. Our contributions are invisible.” (Hazard 2016: 3)

“ You want to know why I say soul food is life? Well, first off, food ain’t nothing but food. No matter who you are and where you live you got to eat. Cooking is a creative thing. Cooking is one of the highest of all the arts. It can make or break life.” (Smart-Grosvenor 2013: 170)