Final stop at Compass Group headquarters in Charlotte, NC, perfect ending to a great tour; See the links to reports from all the stops below…
A three-week tour focused on the problem of modern-day slavery in Florida’s fields ended with an emphasis on the solution to farm labor exploitation on its final stop in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The stop took place in the shadow of foodservice industry leader Compass Group’s corporate headquarters (above), and the day was a clear demonstration of the ever growing partnership among workers, consumers, growers and major food retailers, a partnership that promises to one day end the poverty and often brutal abuse of this country’s farmworkers.
Click here for a photo report from the final stop in Charlotte.
And click on the links below for photo reports from all the stops from the historic Northeast Tour. [On right, a museum-goer adds her voice to the growing call for Fair Food during the New York City stop with a postcard to grocery giant Ahold. Find out how you can get your own postcards, and other tools for taking action, by clicking here.:
- Boston, Northampton, New Paltz & Baltimore
- New England (Providence, RI, Newton and Salem, MA)
- Bi-Continental Ahold action, Amsterdam and Quincy, MA
- New York City
- New Jersey
- Philadelphia
- Washington, DC
- Charlottesville, VA
And stay tuned in the days and weeks ahead for more news from the Campaign for Fair Food, and for details on the slavery museum’s upcoming Southeast Tour, a tour designed to take the museum and its message of change through the states — Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee — where Publix does business.
This fall is sure to be full of action. See you there!