UW Student takes on Dole Foods and Wins
By TRACY VEDDER, KOMO STAFF
Published 10:27 pm, Friday, March 15, 2013
When David took on Goliath, no one thought he could win.
That was pretty much the case when a local University of Washington law student took on the Dole Food Company, which happens to be the world's largest producer of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Eric Harrison will be the first to say the Dole turned out to be the good guy in this story, but it certainly didn't start that way. It took persistence and Harrison's bone-deep belief that everyone should have access to clean water.
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Harrison learned that a banana plantation had cleared 1,200 acres and diverted the river. He said that move left 4,500 people -- mostly children -- without clean water.
"What's causing the most deaths in children in those countries? It's usually water related," he said.
He soon learned that the bananas being grown in Guatemala ended up with Dole.
The company touts its environmental integrity on its website, but Harrison didn't see it that way. And since he's also a law student at the UW, he decided to sue, claiming Dole wasn't living up to its promise.
Read more: http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Local-student-takes-on-corporate-giant-Dole-Foods-and-wins-198545191.html
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