June 21 — The Workers Behind Our Groceries: A Book Talk with Benjamin Lorr

Join us on Zoom on Friday, June 21, at 1 p.m. ET.

People in the US spend more than 10% of their disposable income on food each year. About a trillion dollars of this spending goes toward purchasing food to eat at home, much of it spent at grocery stores and supermarkets. Yet, very few people understand or know about how food makes it to this last step of the food supply chain and ends up on the shelves of their local store. In “The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket,” author Benjamin Lorr traces the history and evolution of the modern-day supermarket, exposes the grocery supply chain, and reveals the often exploited and underpaid labor that goes into making sure shelves are stocked. Lorr paints a vivid picture of how agricultural and meat processing workers, fisherman, truck drivers, and grocery store workers, among others, often endure poverty and sometimes worse as they work to feed our country.

Join the Aspen Institute’s Food & Society Program and Economic Opportunities Program for “The Workers Behind Our Groceries: A Book Talk with Benjamin Lorr,” on Friday, June 21, at 1:00 p.m. EDT. This is the third and final event in our series, “The Hands that Feed Us: Job Quality Challenges in the US Food Supply Chain,” in which we explore the challenges food workers face and opportunities to create a sustainable food system where workers, businesses, and consumers can thrive together.

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Speakers

Benjamin Lorr

Author, “The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket”

Corby Kummer

Executive Director, Food and Society Program, The Aspen Institute

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