In this episode of Food Supply Unchained, we examine how U.S. border and labor policies have long intersected to both sustain and exploit immigrant farmworkers. Tracing the evolution of Americaâs food supply chain, we uncover how the pursuit of âcheapâ labor has kept food prices low and corporate profits high; often at a human cost. Through this lens, we explore how documented and undocumented immigrants alike power our nationâs food system, and how the governmentâs failure to enact comprehensive immigration reform has left that system unstable, inequitable, and unsustainable.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:52 The Beginning of the US Food Supply Chain
04:04 Building Railroads & Agribusiness
06:43 WWI - Domestic Labor Shortage
08:47 WWII - Domestic Labor Shortage
11:39 Japanese Internment
14:00 The Bracero Program
16:48 The 1965 Hart-Cellar Act
20:38 Immigration Reform & Control Act
22:16 Impact of NAFTA on Migration Patterns
25:34 Immigrants & the Economy
29:11 How to Get Involved
30:36 Contact Elected Officials - All of Them
31:25 The Farm Workforce Modernization Act
32:46 The Importance of Local Elections in Immigration Reform
35:08 Outro
Show Notes:
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Keywords:
Immigrant labor, food supply chain, U.S. agriculture, farmworkers, immigration policy, labor laws, border policy, agricultural labor, food industry, essential workers, comprehensive immigration reform, U.S. labor policy, economic dependence, workforce exploitation, labor rights, food system inequality, corporate profit, agricultural economics, federal regulation
