John Seabrook on the Destructive Family Battles of “The Spinach King”
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Overview
John Seabrook unravels his family's multigenerational struggle for power, revealing deep personal and historical wounds behind the rise and fall of Seabrook Farms.
Takeaways
- •John Seabrook depicts the transformation of Seabrook Farms from agricultural innovation to a site of ruthless succession conflict, exposing how personal trauma shaped generations and the family brand.
- •Seabrook details the dark legacy behind the business's workforce, including immigrant and Black labor, labor strikes, and the violent suppression covered up by his patriarch grandfather and omitted from family lore.
- •Seabrook relates his journey through family exile, inherited trauma, and addiction, culminating in efforts to break destructive cycles for his children and address the exploitation underpinning the family's privilege.
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