Tomatoes testify outside Trader Joe’s in NYC, Lady Gaga sings in Berkeley, pennies for Publix delivered by wheelbarrow in Naples… Week of Action sends powerful message: No more excuses. Now is the time for Fair Food!

When representatives of the CIW and the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange sat down last week to end a decade-long impasse in Immokalee, the picture suddenly became crystal clear in the Campaign for Fair Food: The only thing, now, standing between the Fair Food movement and the full realization of its goals — fair wages and dignified working conditions in Florida’s tomato fields — is the supermarket industry.

And as fate would have it, that very same week, Fair Food activists “from California to the New York island” were taking to the streets in conjunction with the National Supermarket Week of Action.

Well, reports from the Week of Action are making their way in, and by the looks of things, people not only got the word out about Fair Food, but they had fun doing it, too! Take, for example, this video sent in by the fine folks at Bay Area Fair Food in Berkeley, who came up with a little ditty about Trader Joe’s and human rights, with a tip of the hat to Lady Gaga:

Or this video, from the “Renegade Tomatoes” of New York City.

The Supermarket Week of Action was a great success, and a timely message to the supermarket industry that fifty years of the Harvest of Shame — and ten years of the Campaign for Fair Food — is enough. Thanks to the hard work of farmworkers in Immokalee, tens of thousands of consumers across the country, nine major food corporations, and, now, 90% of the Florida tomato industry, it’s never been easier to support human rights in Florida’s fields. Now is the time for Fair Food!

For a sample of the action from around the country, you can check out the exciting photo report on actions from across the country by clicking here.