From the looks of things, Chipotle has stood by their word and have reached an agreement with Florida farmers that will pay the farmers 64% more for the tomatoes they pick for the Denver based burrito chain.
Continue reading Chipotle agrees to raise farmers wages 64%
UPDATE 9/9/09 :: Chipotle has reached an agreement with the CIW famers.
A couple weeks back we talked with Amanda Kloer on our podcast. She shared a lot about the issue of human trafficking and modern day slavery. And in the process we talked about an article she had posted earlier that day regarding Chipotle and the rights of farmers in Florida.
I’ve shared links to Amanda’s article in several places and after my initial Twitter messages, left a voice mail with their PR department. I followed up again with Chipotle today (via Twitter) to see what they had to say.
This time I had a brief exchange over email so here’s the latest from Chipotle:
Continue reading Chipotle responds
I didn’t get to see the GOP debate but I’ve read and seen some good things about Mike Huckabee.
Chris sent me a text shortly after it was all over and asked if Huckabee was as cool as he seemed.
I assured him (for what it’s worth) I was a huge fan.
Watching the post coverage there were some critics of Huckabee on Anderson Cooper’s wrap-up or thought he was “out there” because he wanted to abolish the IRS. They seemed to think this was just a dumb idea and seemed to think that Huckabee just wants to get rid of the IRS and has no plans to replace it – apparently they missed his comments about the FairTax and their completely ignorant on the topic. Glad these analysts get paid the big bucks instead of me.
ABC’s Nightline gave a pretty good run down from what I could tell. But the only clips of Huckabee focused on his one-liner jokes rather than any of his substantive comments. It will be interesting to see how NPR and others cover the debate.
There’s also some great responses online already.
Continue reading Thoughts on the debate