Season 2

Chobani's "fair trade" yogurt has been on grocery shelves for nearly a year, but little has changed for farmworkers. Instead, most of them don’t even know what "fair trade" is and haven’t seen the benefits that are getting sold to ethical consumers. Crispin Hernandez provides an update on the worker

Big Dairy operations are fueling the climate crisis and impacting the health and economies of rural communities around the world. Shefali Sharma of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy explains.

Dairy is big business. And while the workers and small-scale dairy farmers are getting squeezed out, those at the top are reaping the benefits and getting even richer. Claire Kelloway of Open Markets Institute breaks down what this means for workers, farmers, and consumers.

There's a crisis in dairy – shrinking family farms, corporate consolidation, and low milk prices. In Jim Goodman's four decades of dairy farming, he's seen the impacts of the push to "get big or get out" first hand. His farm is gone, but he still advocates for a food system that puts people first.

Corporate social responsibility looks good on the label, but fails workers. Marita Canedo of Migrant Justice discusses how their Milk with Dignity program is building “a new day for human rights in dairy.” The key: workers are the leaders and they set the standards.

Crispin Hernandez and the Workers Center of Central New York won historic legal protections for farmworkers in Episode 1. Now they take their demands to Chobani's doorstep. They are calling for recognition - but that's not what they get. Will Chobani listen to the workers that make milk possible?

There's a pastoral theme in dairy marketing. But that image is far from reality. Crispin Hernandez of the Workers' Center of Central New York describes what conditions are actually like for the people who milk cows - and why Fair Trade USA and Chobani's new "Fair Trade Dairy" label is being opposed

A new "fair trade dairy" label claims to promote the wellbeing of farm workers, but stories from inside dairy farms reveal the story of unfair dairy.