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    How the travel ban affects slaughterhouses

    Next, we move to the slaughterhouse, where increasingly refugees are taking low-paying, dangerous jobs to process our meat.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Mar 3, 2017 • 1 min read

    Next, we move to the slaughterhouse, where increasingly refugees are taking low-paying, dangerous jobs to process our meat. Since President Trump believes that immigrants from Muslim-majority countries should not be allowed to come to the US, we invited the largest meat processor in the world to our show to discuss how this policy could affect its hiring pool. Tyson Foods did not return our request for an interview. But Tom Philpott, food and ag correspondent for Mother Jones, did. His recent article on the issue is “Refugees Make Your Dinner. Literally.”

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    From Trump to farm to slaughterhouse to restaurant
    1. 0:00Being a restaurateur under Trump
    2. 12:26Cheap eats, cheap labor
    3. 25:20Many hands make light work
    4. 28:50Report from the Central Valley
    5. 35:48How the travel ban affects slaughterhousesYou’re reading this
    6. 46:02La Niña del Mezcal
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Abbie Fentress Swanson

      Independent reporter and producer

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      Camellia Tse

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    The full episode

    5 of 6
    From Trump to farm to slaughterhouse to restaurant
    1. 0:00Being a restaurateur under Trump
    2. 12:26Cheap eats, cheap labor
    3. 25:20Many hands make light work
    4. 28:50Report from the Central Valley
    5. 35:48How the travel ban affects slaughterhousesYou’re reading this
    6. 46:02La Niña del Mezcal
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