The compelling personal story at the heart of the Netflix documentary,
Garlic Breath.
Readers who care about preserving local businesses will appreciate this
new book by writer and garlic farm owner Stanley Crawford. In the fall
of 2014, Crawford questioned US tariff exemptions for the country's
largest importer of Chinese garlic. This set off a massive legal battle,
pitting his small New Mexico farm against the importer and its
international law firms. In this compelling account of his
David-and-Goliath battle, now in its fifth year, Crawford describes his
personal and farming life under a cloud of lawsuits and administrative
skirmishes. The unusual case was of such interest that it became the
subject of a Netflix documentary, "Garlic Breath," in the six-part
series Rotten, released in 2018.