Category: Fair Food Takes Root: January 2012 – October 2012

Another new Publix store, another protest and petition in support of Fair Food!

Another new Publix store, another protest and petition in support of Fair Food!

  Workers, allies deliver 600 signatures to managers of new Publix store in North Ft. Myers, FL... This past weekend, workers from Immokalee joined with allies from the Southwest Florida region to deliver a message from the Campaign for Fair Food to the managers of Florida's newest Publix supermarket. From the CBS news affiliate: "Immokalee farmworkers are welcoming Southwest Florida's >> Read More
Author Michael Pollan:

Author Michael Pollan:

Author Michael Pollan: "The Fair Food Program can help eradicate slavery from the tomato supply chain in our country - if we can get supermarkets to sign on." International Justice Mission's "Recipe for Change" campaign gaining high profile support, grassroots momentum by the day; IJM calls for National Day of Action this September 1st! This past July 4th, faith-based human >> Read More
“You allow it or they fire you…” Fair Food Program Harassment Brief

“You allow it or they fire you…” Fair Food Program Harassment Brief

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="530"] Nely Rodriguez of the CIW (middle) looks on as Rabbi Brian Schuldenfrei (right) of Miami attempts to persuade a Publix representative of the urgency of the human rights crisis in Florida's fields and the importance of Publix's support for the groundbreaking new human rights standards established by the CIW's Fair Food Program -- including strict prohibitions >> Read More
Farmworker mothers march on Publix!

Farmworker mothers march on Publix!

Plus... Chipotle Day of Action keeps making news across the country. Carrying hundreds of signatures on a petition calling on Publix to join the CIW's Fair Food Program, farmworker mothers from Immokalee and their children joined with Southwest Florida allies for a Mothers' March on Publix this past Saturday. Check out the article in the Ft. Myers News-Press, including a >> Read More
From coast to coast, the reports are in…

From coast to coast, the reports are in…

The message is loud and clear: Stop the Chipocrisy, start working with the CIW in a real, verifiable, and respectful partnership for human rights in your tomato supply chain -- now! One thing we've learned from more than a decade of the Campaign for Fair Food is that ignoring your customers is never a winning strategy. Neither is trying to >> Read More

From Coast to Coast, the Reports are in…

The message is loud and clear: Stop the Chipocrisy, start working with the CIW in a real, verifiable, and respectful partnership for human rights in your tomato supply chain -- now! One thing we've learned from more than a decade of the Campaign for Fair Food is that ignoring your customers is never a winning strategy. Neither is trying to >> Read More
Chipotle International Day of Action a huge success!

Chipotle International Day of Action a huge success!

Chipotle National International Day of Action a huge success! A Fair Food Activist with the Workers Defense Project flyers outside a Chipotle restaurant in Austin, Texas. Actions are being held in over two dozen cities, including Chipotle's newest front for expansion, London, England. The action has started in dozens of cities in what has become an International Day of Action >> Read More
Publix: “We are not in agreement with Fair Food”

Publix: “We are not in agreement with Fair Food”

Nashville consumers: Well, you better think again, if you plan to expand in our community... A funny thing happened at a Nashville Publix protest the other day... actually, at two recent Nashville Publix protests. In keeping with its strategy of aggressive response to peaceful consumer actions -- including the surveillance and shadowing of Fair Food activists -- Publix actually dispatched >> Read More
Recipe for Change

Recipe for Change

Recipe for Change: International Justice Mission unveils new justice campaign in partnership with the CIW to "push major supermarket chains" to support the Fair Food Program! International Justice Mission (IJM), a faith-based human rights organization dedicated to ending "violence against the poor" around the globe, launched a new campaign this past 4th of July right here at home in support >> Read More