Dale Slongwhite Interviewed on WMFE

 

Dale Slongwhite, author of “Fed Up: The High Costs of Cheap Foods” was interviewed on the program "Florida Frontiers" that was aired on local public radio station WMFE this past Sunday about her book and her personal story of how she came to write it. Slongwhite discusses how she first came to know about the plight of the Lake Apopka farmworkers.  Linda Lee – celebrated folk artist and fearless voice of the black farmworker communities affected by pesticide use- spoke at an environmental justice conference that Slongwhite attended with her daughter. Slongwhite goes on to discuss how she used her gift of story telling to serve the farmworker community and raise awareness about the mistreatment of farmworkers. We are very grateful to The Florida Historical Society for highlighting the lives of these farmworkers in inviting Ms. Slongwhite to be interviewed for their show.  Too often, the stories of farmworkers are not found in the history books.  This is one way to bring light to those stories, and for them to be documented as an important part of Florida history. To learn more about her book, farmworkers, and Linda Lee, listen to this NPR piece by clicking HERE.

by Finn Spencer