{"id":1784,"date":"2015-12-20T20:35:39","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T20:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/?p=1784"},"modified":"2015-12-20T20:35:39","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T20:35:39","slug":"all-thai-shrimp-isnt-produced-the-same","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/2015\/12\/20\/all-thai-shrimp-isnt-produced-the-same\/","title":{"rendered":"All Thai shrimp isn\u2019t produced the same"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These words filled the Associated Press article \u201cU.S. companies buying shrimp peeled by slaves\u201d in Tuesday\u2019s <em>Dispatch <\/em>about a greedy employer who horrendously abused workers in his Gig factory in Thailand.<\/p>\n<article id=\"story-body\">The factory has been closed, but the article went on to say \u201cAmerican consumers can speak through their wallets by avoiding slave-produced products.\u201dHow, without demonizing an entire nation and industry?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the employers of the Gig Peeling Factory and any other abusive companies need to be rooted out, held accountable and fined by enforcing laws.<\/p>\n<p>But we create another problem and punish the wrong people if we choose to boycott all Thai shrimp.<\/p>\n<p>I lived in a small, rural village in southern Thailand as a Peace Corps volunteer from 2006 to 2008, where shrimp harvests occurred three times a year, practically in my front yard. Neighbors eagerly came from far and near to be part of that harvest.<\/p>\n<p>Shrimp harvest was a serious workday with a welcome windfall of extra income for their families. Everyone knew his and her jobs and stepped to it willingly. It was also a friendly, social occasion.<\/p>\n<p>So, consumers should please enjoy their holiday shrimp from Thailand that my neighbors \u2014 who need this local industry \u2014 have safely raised, harvested and sent to us here in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>BARBARA TULL<\/p>\n<p><em>Delaware<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"timestamp\">Sunday December 20, 2015 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p>Source : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/content\/stories\/editorials\/2015\/12\/20\/all-thai-shrimp-isnt-produced-the-same.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Columbus Dispatch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These words filled the Associated Press article \u201cU.S. companies buying shrimp peeled by slaves\u201d in Tuesday\u2019s Dispatch about a greedy employer who horrendously abused workers in his Gig factory in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/2015\/12\/20\/all-thai-shrimp-isnt-produced-the-same\/\" class=\"read-more button-fancy -red\"><span class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/span><span class=\"twp-read-more text\">Continue Reading<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1785,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1784\/revisions\/1785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}