In 2023, there were deaths reported on a Del Monte pineapple farm in Kenya. A 2024 report said that there was evidence of human rights violations on that farm.
This is why we can’t have nice things. Or why we have nice things. Or both.
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BertramDitore@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I encourage folks to search “del monte human rights” and be prepared to get angry.
TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Artyom@lemm.ee 6 months ago
As the author of the article repeated every paragraph, their full name is Fresh Del Monte, so that’ll be “Fresh Del Monte Human Rights”
Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 6 months ago
In godfather 2, one of the crime syndicates trying to set up a stake in the Cuban casinos is a giant fruit company. Knowing that the movie takes inspiration from real organized crime dealings in Cuba at the time, I looked into the fruit companies and their history, and it is one of the most atrocious human rights clusterfucks I’ve ever heard of.
BertramDitore@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Right? It’s shocking. I only learned about it recently when I started buying pineapples regularly and found out there are only a few companies in the world that produce them. And most if not all of them are incredibly shady and responsible for some truly terrible shit.