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The Howard G. Buffett Foundation Pledges Exclusive Support of the Fair Food Program’s USDA Pilot Project

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_37550" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Farmworkers in GA receive an on-the-clock, worker-to-worker education session[/caption] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Howard G. Buffett Foundation Pledges Exclusive Support of the Fair Food Program’s USDA Pilot Project The grant will enable Fair Food Program to double in size and scope across the United States IMMOKALEE, FL— The Howard G. Buffett Foundation has pledged up to >> Read More

Cincinnati action update! AND: 6 ways to call on Kroger to join the Fair Food Program

Posted on September 25, 2024September 26, 2024 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

As Hurricane Helene gathers strength in the Gulf, we have had to make the difficult decision to scale back our upcoming action in Cincinnati. Weather permitting, our two-day action will now be a one-day Rally for Farmworkers' Rights: Join us outside of Kroger Headquarters (9 E Court St, Cincinnati, OH 45202) this Saturday at 1pm as farmworkers and consumers come >> Read More

Media Round-Up: Fair Food Program’s life-saving heat protections featured in agricultural press

Posted on August 23, 2024August 23, 2024 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_37368" align="aligncenter" width="900"] An on-the-clock, worker-to-worker education session trains farmworkers on the FFP's protections, including its heat stress standards[/caption] Op-ed in Modern Farmer: "Farmworkers cannot wait years for the right to safe working conditions. Action must be taken by civil society and the private sector." Western Producer: "[Farmworkers] set up the Fair Food Program to strike deals directly with >> Read More

The future of Fair Food is in your hands

Posted on August 9, 2024 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

As this week’s firsthand voices from the fields shows, since the inception of the Fair Food Program over a decade ago in Immokalee, two parallel worlds have existed side-by-side within US agriculture: the world of freedom from abuse on farms under the FFP, and the world of harsh exploitation outside its protections. Inside the world of the Fair Food Program, >> Read More

The Fair Food Program is growing dramatically. We need your help to sustain our expansion.

Posted on August 5, 2024 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Every day, over two million farmworkers labor in U.S. fields to harvest the food we eat. Whether it is a 4th of July cookout or a Wednesday family dinner, we all rely — every single day — on the back-breaking work of farmworkers, who far too often are forced to endure dangerous, and harshly exploitative, conditions. Working at a break-neck >> Read More

Media round-up: Fair Food Program’s heat stress protections resonate across the US

Posted on July 22, 2024 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_38254" align="aligncenter" width="900"] With the Smoky Mountains in the background, farmworkers with the CIW provide an early morning, worker-to-worker education session at a Pacific Tomato Growers farm in Tennessee in July, 2024.[/caption] This summer, like so many now before it, has brought deadly heat across much of the world. And with the rising heat and climate instability comes compounding >> Read More

Watch: TED Talk sheds light on the unlikely partnership at the heart of the Fair Food Program

Posted on July 17, 2024 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Jon Esformes, CEO of Sunripe Certified Brands: “In 2010 when we partnered there were a lot of folks who said we were crazy. And maybe we were… I mean farmers and farmworkers coming together to ensure a fair and safe workplace. That’s nuts. Within a few months the evidence was clear that the program worked and the culture in our >> Read More

Vox takes a deep dive into the Fair Food Program, Worker-driven Social Responsibility’s global rise

Posted on July 12, 2024July 12, 2024 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_28339" align="aligncenter" width="800"] An auditor with the Fair Food Standards Council interviews a farmworker as part of the Fair Food Program[/caption] Vox: “A binding contract is crucial to worker-driven social responsibility, a sharp contrast to those toothless corporate social responsibility initiatives.” Lucas Benitez, farmworker and co-founder of the CIW: “With [worker-driven social responsibility], we’re no longer letting the foxes >> Read More

“Benefits for all:” Fair Food Program and participating grower Rancho Durazno featured in Colorado press

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_38157" align="aligncenter" width="900"] CIW staff provide an on-the-clock, worker-to-worker education session as part of the FFP, on Rancho Durazno[/caption] Gwen Cameron, owner of Rancho Durazno: “[The Fair Food Program is] not the only social responsibility certification out there for farm workers, but one of the few with real teeth that holds farmers and buyers accountable.” Keep it Colorado: “Workers >> Read More

CIW, Fair Food Program join Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, FFP Participating Farmers for Announcement of Historic Program!

Posted on June 19, 2024June 19, 2024 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_38188" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Cruz Salucio of the CIW speaks at last week's press conference at Rancho Durazno in Colorado[/caption] Fair Food Program set to expand to 27 more farms, 13 more states with support from United States Department of Agriculture USDA announcement marks latest instance of CIW/FFP innovations adopted as policy by the public sector USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack: >> Read More