Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls with Oscar Otzoy of the CIW after last night’s show in Tampa, where Amy spoke from the stage about the CIW, the Campaign for Fair Food, and the big march on Publix this March 5th. With shows in Gainesville, Tampa, and Ft. Lauderdale, the Indigo Girls are helping raise awareness of the Campaign and the upcoming action among thousands of their fans.

Communities as far west as Denver, CO, are organizing to caravan east in support of Fair Food…

Plus: Indigo Girls (right) take advantage of fortuitously-timed Florida tour to help spread the word about March 5th in Tampa!

This week we have taken you on a tour of the key East Coast cities where the Do the Right Thing Tour will be taking a stand for Fair Food in just a few weeks. From Boston to Tampa and New York City, we’ve given you first hand reports from Fair Food activists who are pulling out all the stops to mobilize for the biggest action of the year.

We’d like to wrap up the week with a look outside the key cities that lie along the tour route. We’ve already received reports of caravans being organized in cities with strong Fair Food Committees, places like Denver, CO, Austin, TX, and Lawrence, KS. Delegations are also forming in cities where Fair Food communities are just now starting to take root, cities like Nashville, TN, New Orleans, LA, and Minneapolis, MN.

And then there are communities totally new to the battle for Fair Food, like Portland, ME. Here below is an excerpt from a call to action from Food for Maine’s Future, a member of the National Family Farm Coalition and great new ally in the Campaign for Fair Food:

“CARAVAN TO BOSTON IN SUPPORT OF FARMWORKER JUSTICE! LEAVING PORTLAND, MAINE FEBRUARY 27, 2011 10AM TO JOIN THE COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS IN THEIR CALL FOR JUST ONE PENNY MORE! Dear Fair Food Supporter, This past weekend I had the honor of spending time with Gerardo Reyes, a farmworker and organizer with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. Gerardo shared the story of CIW and how they have been able to win concessions from some of the most powerful food corporations in the world. You may have heard of some of the companies who have agreed to pay CIW one cent more per pound for the tomatoes their members pick — Taco Bell, McDonalds, Burger King, Aramark… … On February 27 the CIW is calling for the largest display of support in the Northeast in their 18 year history. Food for Maine’s Future, an ally of CIW through the global alliance La Via Campesina, is calling on Good Food/Fair Food supporters in Maine to join us in Boston. A caravan is being organized that will leave from Portland Sunday, February 27 at 10am to join CIW , Student Farmworker Alliance, La Via Campesina, and many more in a march to Stop & Shop beginning at 1pm. Logistics are still in the works and further announcements are forthcoming…”

That’s the kind of beautiful energy bubbling up in communities across the country — from the northernmost tip of the Northeast to the foothills of the Colorado Rockies — in support of the CIW’s demand that Publix and Ahold join the growing Fair Food movement!

Are you going to join us in Boston and Tampa? Write us, at workers@ciw-online.org, for more information on how you can make your voice heard in the fight for human rights in Florida’s fields.