The New Republic reviews The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket, by Benjamin Lorr, (It tells you more than you want to know about supply chains, from farmed shrimp in Thailand to American long haul trucking...)
There’s No Such Thing as Ethical Grocery Shopping--“The Secret Life of Groceries” exposes the dark secrets of America’s food supply. by Josephine Livingstone
Having read the review but not the book, it sounds like a broad based followup on this 2015 story from the Guardian:
Shrimp sold by global supermarkets is peeled by slave labourers in Thailand
by Associated Press: Margie Mason, Robin McDowell and Esther Htusan in Samut Sakhon and Martha Mendoza in Washington Mon 14 Dec 2015
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