Jun 8, 2009
Two Florida Farms Agree to Pay Tomato Pickers More

Two Florida farms have decided to participate in a deal to increase the wages of the state’s tomato pickers in an agreement with a farmworker advocacy group and upscale Whole Foods Market, the grocery chain announced Thursday. Yahoo! News

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