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“We are making history”: Week-long visit to birthplace of Fair Food Program by Chilean delegation helps fuel FFP expansion

Posted on May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_37003" align="aligncenter" width="900"] A delegation of Chilean growers, human rights advocates, and government officials gather with CIW and Fair Food Standards Council representatives, Fair Food Program Participating Buyers and Growers, and US government officials outside the offices of the CIW in Immokalee, FL[/caption] "We are making history," said Angel Garcia, Human Resources Manager at Pacific Tomato Growers/Sunripe Certified Brands. >> Read More

John Oliver segment on farmworkers, Fair Food Program garners millions of views!

Posted on April 18, 2023April 19, 2023 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

The latest segment on Last Week Tonight hosted by John Oliver focuses on the plight of farmworkers in this country, and champions the Fair Food Program as a successful model of human rights protection that can guarantee farmworkers their basic rights. So far, the YouTube upload of the segment alone has garnered over 2.5 million views, generating a small cascade >> Read More

BREAKING: New York City Council officially — and resoundingly — calls on Wendy’s “to join the Fair Food Program and support farmworkers’ human rights”!

Posted on April 12, 2023 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_36922" align="aligncenter" width="799"] CIW's Lupe Gonzalo and Marley Monacello (second and third, from left) gather to celebrate with members of the New York City Council, Carmen de la Rosa, Councilmember Eric Dinowitz, and Councilmember Rita Joseph, the day that New York City Resolution 131 in support of the Fair Food Program and Wendy's Boycott passed the City Council with >> Read More

Fair Food Program’s international expansion, cut flower partner Bloomia, featured in the industry press!

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_34074" align="aligncenter" width="925"] The CIW's worker-to-worker education team informs workers of their rights under the Fair Food Program at Bloomia's tulip growing and processing operation in Virginia in 2021.[/caption] Flower Power Daily: "All it takes is one person in power to change the status quo and make it fairer." Werner Jansen, Bloomia CEO: "If a company as large and successful >> Read More

Florida media highlights 5-day, 50 mile farmworker march from Pahokee to Palm Beach championing the Fair Food Program

Posted on March 28, 2023April 3, 2023 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

WGCU: "Gonzalo... lived in fear of speaking up. But one day, it was just too much. She asked for some water. She was told to drink from the ditch. This is why Lupe Gonzalo marches." Palm Beach Post: "According to the coalition, 'two parallel worlds exist side-by-side within the farming community: the world of freedom from abuse on farms in the >> Read More

US Department of Labor Awards $2.5 Million Grant to Fuel Fair Food Program’s International Expansion

Posted on February 15, 2023April 16, 2023 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_34085" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Workers attend to tulips at Fair Food Program Participating Grower Bloomia's farm in Virginia. Bloomia's operations in Chile and South Africa will also join the Fair Food Program in an expansion made possible by a USDOL grant announced yesterday.[/caption] Department of Labor Award "to assess and expand the successful Fair Food Program model with a pilot >> Read More

PRESS RELEASE: CIW announces march to celebrate 10+ years of progress under Fair Food Program, calls on holdouts Wendy’s, Kroger, and Publix to help finish the job of eradicating forced labor

Posted on February 13, 2023April 16, 2023 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_26379" align="aligncenter" width="807"] Workers on a Fair Food Program farm gather for an FFP worker-to-worker education session, led by members of the CIW Education Team, before heading into the fields to harvest tomatoes that will bear the Fair Food Program label. FFP education sessions take place on the clock and in the fields, and inform workers at least twice >> Read More

BREAKING: US Department of Labor press release on latest forced labor prosecution names buyers, including Fair Food Program holdout Kroger

Posted on February 6, 2023 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

US Department of Labor press release: "Los Villatoros Harvesting LLC employed workers to harvest watermelons for Carlton Farms Inc., operating as Sun Fresh Farms Inc. in Wauchula, Florida, for sale to Walmart and Kroger locations. In Indiana, the employer provided crews for Cardinal Farms in Oaktown and Wonning Melons in Vincennes to pack melons for sale through a distributor >> Read More

At nine crops and counting, the Fair Food Program is a lot more than “just tomatoes”! Help us cover more!

Posted on December 21, 2022March 29, 2023 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Across the United States (and beyond!), new farms are lining up to join the Fair Food Program. What began as a vision to protect farmworkers in Immokalee, Florida, has expanded not only to cover the vast majority of tomato harvesters in the CIW's home state, but also workers on farms from New Jersey to California. As new growers join the >> Read More

“With the Fair Food Program, we are protecting ourselves against the worst effects of climate change…”

Posted on December 14, 2022March 29, 2023 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Over the next few weeks, as a part of our "Build The Future" fundraising drive to raise $100,000, we will be sharing a series of posts written by farmworker leaders themselves, with messages drawn from their own experiences as workers and as organizers in Immokalee. Today, the CIW's Cruz Salucio takes up the pen to share a powerful reflection on >> Read More