produce trade

Sarah Frey shares her story of growing up poor on her family's farm, and at the age of seventeen, taking control of the farm and turning it into a billion-dollar farming business.

Introduces the job of produce manager in a supermarket, describing the duties and responsibilities of this occupation.

Text and photographs document the activities at a variety of wholesale markets that supply meat, fish, produce, baked goods, and dairy products to New York City.

Provides anecdotes and facts that look at the history of long-distance food from ancient times into the twenty-first century, following food from the place it originates to locations around the world, and discussing the effect of those movements on economics, politics, and culture.

Text and photographs document the activities at a variety of wholesale markets that supply meat, fish, produce, baked goods, and dairy products to New York City.

Explores the impact of seven plants whose discovery and cultivation changed the destinies of countries around the world, including tea, tobacco, sugar, opium, quinine, cotton, and rubber.

Sun Ho first watches the artistic fruit and vegetable man, Ruby Rubenstein, at work; then he begins helping in the store. When Ruby falls ill Sun Ho takes complete charge of the store.