It was buried under another story in the New York Times business section on Tuesday, but I thought it was worth noting that McDonald's has agreed "to pay a penny more a pound for its Florida-grown tomatoes to help increase wages for the migrant workers who harvest them."

A penny doesn't sound like much of an increase, but here's the kicker: "The extra penny a pound would nearly double their pay to about 72 cents a bucket."

First Wolfgang Puck, then Burger King, now McDonald's. Has the whole corporate world started to go humane? Have we reached the tipping point? I sure hope so.

Photograph from iStockPhoto.com