Tomatoes

Tomato Production in Turkey

Tomatoes Recap Colonization GS cash crop reliance MNCs have leverage Gl. prices affect buying power Push labor abroad Lack infrastructure GS processing Ghana, China to Italy Effect of GN food choices Locavore, non-GMO, hothouse MNCs have leverage Dictate prices, standards Supply chain pressures ¤

Tomatoes Recap (cont.) GN gov’t policies Role of NGOs Support domestic production GN-determined SAPs effect Encourage immigrant labor exploitation Corruption Human rights abuses Role of NGOs CIW, FLAI-CGIL Penny per Pound Fair trade push ¤

Bottom Line Globalized food system Crops Labor Production MNCs GN gov’t policy effect GN food choice effect ¤