Tomatoland (32 page)

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Index

A

acids,
1

advertising copy,
1

African Americans,
1
,
2
,
3

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,
1

Ag-Mart Produce, Inc.,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

birth defects and,
1
,
2
,
3

chemical withdrawal,
1
,
2

methyl bromide use,
1

pesticides use,
1

Schell settlements,
1

settlement,
1

agrichemicals.
See also
fertilizers, chemical
;
fungicides
;
herbicides
;
insecticide
;
pesticide

quantities used in Florida
vs.
California,
1

reproductive disorders and use of,
1

Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937,
1

AIDs education program,
1

Ailsa Craig,
1

Aim,
1

Alachua, Florida,
1

alligator health,
1

Anti-Slavery International,
1

Aramark,
1

Arrow,
1

artisanal economics,
1

Arysta LifeScience,
1

Asbed, Greg,
1

Atacama Desert,
1

Audubon Society,
1

avermectin (insecticide),
1
,
2

Aztec,
1

B

Bacillus thuringiensis
,
1

Bad Actors,
1
.
See also
specific Bad Actors

banana,
1

Bastianich, Lidia,
1

bathroom breaks,
1

Bauer, Mary,
1
,
2

Bayer CropScience,
1

Beard, James,
1

Beard on Food
(Beard),
1

Beddard, Tom,
1

Bejo Seeds, Inc.,
1

Benitez, Lucas,
1
,
2
,
3

Brown and,
1

CIW and,
1

Crist to,
1

Birds, death of,
1

birth defects,
1
,
2
,
3
,
See also
specific cases

Lake Apopka,
1

pesticide exposure and,
1

Block, John R.,
1

Blocker, Jerry,
1

Blocker, Kimberlee,
1

Bloody Butcher,
1

Blund, E. S.,
1

Boca Raton,
1

Bon Appétit Management Co.,
1

“Boot the Bell,”
1

bottleneck effect,
1

bottom mix,
1

Brandywine, xi,
1

breeders, tomato,
1
,
2
,
3

Klee on,
1

Britain, tomatoes in,
1

Brown, Reggie,
1
,
2
,
3

Benitez and,
1

Burger King and,
1

CIW and,
1

on food safety,
1

on housing conditions,
1

on labor laws,
1

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions and,
1

on tomato industry,
1

UglyRipe and,
1

buffer zone,
1

bugs,
1

Burger King,
1

Brown and,
1

in Campaign for Fair Food,
1

surfxholic36 and,
1

Bush, George W.,
1

Bush, Jeb,
1
,
2

C

calcium content, x

California,
1
.
See also
canning tomatoes
;
University of California Davis
;
University of California Los Angeles

agrichemical quantities used in,
1

harvest in,
1

pesticide exposure cases in,
1

Caloosahatchee River,
1

Campaign for Fair Food,
1
,
2
,
3
,
See also
specific companies involved

Lady Moon Farms and,
1

SAFE and,
1

Canada,
1
,
2

Candelario, Abraham,
1
,
2
,
3

canning tomatoes, xiii,
1
,
2

Carlos Herrera-Candelario v. Ag-Mart Produce, Inc.
,
1

Castaneda, Nolasco,
1

Castro, Fidel,
1

Category I Acute Toxin,
1

Catholic church of Immokalee,
1

Center for Media and Democracy,
1

El Chacal
,
1

Chasing the Sun Training Acknowledgement,
1

Chefs Collaborative,
1

chemical defense system,
1

Cherokee Purple,
1

Cherry Berry,
1

Cherry Roma,
1
,
2

Chetelat, Roger,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

on disease,
1

Chidsey, John,
1

child labor, xvi,
1

child-care programs,
1
,
2

Children’s Medical Services of Lee County,
1

Chile,
1

Chiles, Lawton,
1

“chilling injury,”
1

Chipotle Mexican Grill,
1

chlorination,
1

Cisneros, Yolanda,
1

citric,
1

CIW.
See
Coalition of Immokalee Workers

C.M. Rick Tomato Genetics Resource Center,
1
,
2
,
3

collection,
1

Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW),
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
.
See also
Campaign for Fair Food