Nate Halverson:
Dozens of companies import be from Nicaragua, Thomas Foods is one of the largest, importing beef from some of the same slaughterhouses that Lottie Cunningham said are buying cattle from the ranchers attacking her community.
Thomas Foods sells its imported grass-fed and organic beef nationwide to Walmart, Safeway, Target, even Yale University. On its Web site, it claims to track production — quote — "every step of the way, literally from the farm to the table."
But, in Nicaragua, that's not true. Like other importers of Nicaraguan beef, it buys from the slaughterhouses, not directly from the farmers, and has no way of ensuring where in Nicaragua that beef comes from.
Well, I'm here at Thomas Foods. The CEO, Michael Forrest, has not returned my phone calls or my e-mails, but I thought I'd give him one last try to see if we can sit down and hear about Nicaraguan beef imports.
Yes, hey, Michael, it's Nate Halverson with Reveal and the "PBS NewsHour."
Michael Forrest never called back. But I talked to company security guards, who helped track down a different executive.
The Link LonkOctober 21, 2020 at 05:25AM
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