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

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

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[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

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

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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
ACTION ALERT! This Sep 27-28, celebrate farmworker families in Cincinnati during Kroger Wellness Festival!

ACTION ALERT! This Sep 27-28, celebrate farmworker families in Cincinnati during Kroger Wellness Festival!

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Calling all members of the Fair Food Nation! Farmworkers and allies will be gathering to celebrate the wellness of farmworker families on the weekend of September 27-28, right outside the headquarters of Kroger in Cincinnati, Ohio! Where: Kroger Headquarters, 1014 Vine St, Cincinnato, Ohio When: 10 AM - 5PM, Sept 27 - 28, 2024 CIW's renowned puppet Esperanza is heading >> Read More
Environmental activist Nnimmo Bassey receives prestigious 2024 Wallenberg Medal, succeeding CIW co-founder Lucas Benitez 

Environmental activist Nnimmo Bassey receives prestigious 2024 Wallenberg Medal, succeeding CIW co-founder Lucas Benitez 

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[caption id="attachment_38412" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Nnimmo Bassey (University of Michigan)[/caption] As we continue to witness the dramatic national and international expansion of the Fair Food Program, we want to take a moment to congratulate acclaimed environmental activist Nnimmo Bassey on winning the 2024 Wallenberg Medal. Last year, CIW co-founder Lucas Benitez received the human rights award for the CIW's successful efforts >> Read More
USA Today marks Labor Day with a CIW Op/Ed: ‘My friend nearly died of dehydration. Farmworkers like us need better protections.’

USA Today marks Labor Day with a CIW Op/Ed: ‘My friend nearly died of dehydration. Farmworkers like us need better protections.’

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[caption id="attachment_38254" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Gerardo Reyes Chavez (standing left), along with his fellow farmworker staff members of the CIW, provide an on-the-clock, worker-to-worker education session on an FFP farm in Tennessee in July, 2024.[/caption] Gerardo Reyes Chavez in USA Today: "The thermometer doesn’t lie. It’s just common sense that we need more protections, not fewer, to keep our state’s essential outdoor >> Read More
Read the award-winning NPR/WGCU coverage of our 2023 March for Farmworker Freedom!

Read the award-winning NPR/WGCU coverage of our 2023 March for Farmworker Freedom!

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[caption id="attachment_36546" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Over 100 farmworkers and their allies make their way from Pahokee to Palm Beach on Day one of the Build a New World March. The globe at the head of the march, illuminated by the sun representing the Fair Food Program, remains divided into two worlds: one filled with the light of fair working conditions, human >> Read More
Media Round-Up: Fair Food Program’s life-saving heat protections featured in agricultural press

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

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[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
Silence of the Wolves: Bombshell Axios report reveals rampant forced labor in grocery supply chains, Kroger has no comment. Again.

Silence of the Wolves: Bombshell Axios report reveals rampant forced labor in grocery supply chains, Kroger has no comment. Again.

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[caption id="attachment_37245" align="aligncenter" width="900"] A barbed wire fence encircles the labor camp in Pahokee, FL where two workers escaped by hiding in the trunk of a good samaritan's car and reported the forced labor ring to the CIW once safely beyond the farm boss's control.  The workers' brave action led  to the successful federal prosecution in US v Moreno and >> Read More
Worker-driven Social Responsibility cited by US State Department as a promising practice in improving labor conditions

Worker-driven Social Responsibility cited by US State Department as a promising practice in improving labor conditions

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[caption id="attachment_38297" align="aligncenter" width="900"] US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken (standing, far right) awards a State Department "Hero Against Modern-Day Slavery" award to one of six recipients from around the world this past June at a festive ceremony held in the State Department's ornate Benjamin Franklin Room in Washington, DC. It was the 20th anniversary of the State Department's "Hero" >> Read More