PS: You mentioned that you've rallied around issues of farmers and farmworkers for some 20 years. What about the cause has kind of captivated you?
EL: Um, I eat! You know? [laughs]
PS: Fair!
"Everybody should know where their food comes from — know who plants it, picks it, and produces it — because we have to support this engine of our American economy."
EL: You know, people always say, "Why farmers? Why farmworkers?" Because I eat food. Everybody should know where their food comes from — know who plants it, picks it, and produces it — because we have to support this engine of our American economy. I met Dolores Huerta at a very early age and got involved with farmworker rights. Tillamook has an incredibly old history: they're 111 years old and they're a co-op, which means they're farmer-owned and farmer-led. I think in this day and age when people are concerned with fast fashion and "I don't want to buy that because it doesn't give back, or it's not recyclable material" — people are very aware of what they're buying now. When you see what TOMS Shoes did for the world, and when you think of a company like Tillamook, you go, "Wow, they're farmer-owned, farmer-led, and they want to help farmers across the country." So I think we need to know more about where our food comes from.
![PS: You mentioned that you've rallied around issues of farmers and farmworkers for some 20 years. What about the cause has kind of captivated you?
EL: Um, I eat! You know? [laughs]
PS: Fair!
"Everybody should know where their food comes from — know who plants it, picks it, and produces it — because we have to support this engine of our American economy."
EL: You know, people always say, "Why farmers? Why farmworkers?" Because I eat food. Everybody should know where their food comes from — know who plants it, picks it, and produces it — because we have to support this engine of our American economy. I met Dolores Huerta at a very early age and got involved with farmworker rights. Tillamook has an incredibly old history: they're 111 years old and they're a co-op, which means they're farmer-owned and farmer-led. I think in this day and age when people are concerned with fast fashion and "I don't want to buy that because it doesn't give back, or it's not recyclable material" — people are very aware of what they're buying now. When you see what TOMS Shoes did for the world, and when you think of a company like Tillamook, you go, "Wow, they're farmer-owned, farmer-led, and they want to help farmers across the country." So I think we need to know more about where our food comes from.](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/VaSpE6i9NJCUeiGh5ECkIxzc1zU/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2020/09/09/141/n/1922564/2a38b0b1fba0c18b_1Z5A0749-v2-PM/i/PS-You-mentioned-that-youve-rallied-around-issues-farmers.jpg "PS: You mentioned that you've rallied around issues of farmers and farmworkers for some 20 years. What about the cause has kind of captivated you?
EL: Um, I eat! You know? [laughs]
PS: Fair!
\"Everybody should know where their food comes from — know who plants it, picks it, and produces it — because we have to support this engine of our American economy.\"
EL: You know, people always say, \"Why farmers? Why farmworkers?\" Because I eat food. Everybody should know where their food comes from — know who plants it, picks it, and produces it — because we have to support this engine of our American economy. I met Dolores Huerta at a very early age and got involved with farmworker rights. Tillamook has an incredibly old history: they're 111 years old and they're a co-op, which means they're farmer-owned and farmer-led. I think in this day and age when people are concerned with fast fashion and \"I don't want to buy that because it doesn't give back, or it's not recyclable material\" — people are very aware of what they're buying now. When you see what TOMS Shoes did for the world, and when you think of a company like Tillamook, you go, \"Wow, they're farmer-owned, farmer-led, and they want to help farmers across the country.\" So I think we need to know more about where our food comes from.")
