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    Good Food

    Many hands make light work

    So many hands go into bringing our food to the table, starting on the farm. Our contributor Scarlett Robertson went to the Hollywood Farmers' Market to meet the people behind our local produce, milk, mushrooms, eggs and seafood.

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

    So many hands go into bringing our food to the table, starting on the farm. Our contributor Scarlett Robertson went to the Hollywood Farmers' Marketto meet the people behind our local produce, milk, mushrooms, eggs and seafood. She talked to Tomas from Lily's Eggs, José from McGrath Family Farm, Dirk from LA FungHi, Yantho from Living Lettuce Farms, José from Ipatzi Nursery, Marilyn from West Coast Seafood, Luis from Pudwill Berry Farms, Jesus from J&J Farms, Mynor from Organic Pastures and Blanca from Bolaños Family Sprouts. Meet the vendors on the Good Food blog.

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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 workYou’re reading this
    4. 28:50Report from the Central Valley
    5. 35:48How the travel ban affects slaughterhouses
    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

      Producer, Good Food

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    The full episode

    3 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 workYou’re reading this
    4. 28:50Report from the Central Valley
    5. 35:48How the travel ban affects slaughterhouses
    6. 46:02La Niña del Mezcal
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