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has made it his business to follow the labels on his food and clothing straight to their source 鈥� the people who sew his family鈥檚 clothes and grow the food on his kitchen table. This cover project is adapted from his books 鈥� 鈥榃here Am I Wearing?鈥� and 鈥榃here Am I Eating鈥� 鈥� for which he traveled the globe to tell the stories of the food and clothing economies 鈥� including human rights, rural poverty, the loss of cultural diversity and biodiversity, climate change, and fair trade 鈥� through the lives of the workers he met along the way.
Stories by Kelsey Timmerman
- Scientist says he found other paintings hidden beneath the 'Mona Lisa'
- Follow your labels: There is no such thing as a blue鈥塲eans machine
- Follow your labels: Starbucks coffee farmers who never heard of Starbucks
- Follow your labels: Feeding chocolate lovers at low, or no, wage
- Follow your labels: American apple juice is a product of China
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