Al Krebs: farming's corporate crisis

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Al Krebs, who directs the Center for Study of Responsive Law's Corporate Agribusiness Project, presents his views on the relationship between corporate farming and rural environmental degradation. Krebs advocates a grassroots movement to push for increased corporate accountability.

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Untold suffering

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Farmworkers remain a poorly compensated workforce with only minimal access to health care, and they are at high risk for environmentally-induced diseases. The Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) has taken steps to organize migrant workers to improve conditions.

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Coming to terms with trade

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Trade negotiations such as GATT are proceeding without a consciousness of the environmental effects of their deregulation. Multinational corporations use such economic treaties to skirt rules on pesticides and other environmental threats.

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