Our food goes through longhaul trucking, modern slavery, and more
Listen to the story. “We’ve become addicted to low prices,” says author and supermarket historian Benjamin Lorr. But those great grocery store deals come at a huge human cost. Credit: Share There was a moment in early 2020 when life narrowed, and the grocery store became a lifeline — in more ways than one. It was the source of breakfast, lunch and dinner, of course. But those lines emerging from sliding-glass doors and wrapping around the block? For a while, they were as close ...
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