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We did it! With your help we met our fundraising goals, and are ready to take on an exciting year of progress ahead.

We did it! With your help we met our fundraising goals, and are ready to take on an exciting year of progress ahead.

Posted on by Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Thanks to your generosity, the Fair Food Program has met its ambitious 2024 campaign goal of raising $2 million!  The program's unprecedented success since its launch in 2010 is a testament to the extraordinary passion and commitment of our community, and we are deeply grateful to all who contributed their time, effort, and resources over the past 15 years to >> Read More
24 hours left to donate to the Fair Food Program in 2024, can you help us reach our goal?

24 hours left to donate to the Fair Food Program in 2024, can you help us reach our goal?

Posted on by Coalition of Immokalee Workers
To date, we have raised $1,850,000 and we need just $150,000 more from Fair Food Program supporters to reach our $2 million goal! Remember, every gift made now will be matched 100%. In this joyous holiday season, we want to begin by offering our deepest gratitude for each and every donation we have received from supporters like you since we launched >> Read More
We are so close to meeting our $2 million match challenge, can you help get us over the line?

We are so close to meeting our $2 million match challenge, can you help get us over the line?

Posted on by Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Fair Food Nation, it is not too late! There is still time to make your contribution to the globally recognized and award winning Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ Fair Food Program. Together, we have accomplished so much in this year alone. From expanding the groundbreaking Fair Food Program to dozens of new farms in 23 states across the nation, to shaping >> Read More
Help us bring Esperanza (Hope) to communities across the nation

Help us bring Esperanza (Hope) to communities across the nation

Posted on by Coalition of Immokalee Workers
“Her name is Esperanza, or Hope, because we hope for a better world,” Lupe Gonzalo, a farmworker leader of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers said earlier this year in Palm Beach. “A world where we are all treated with dignity and respect as human beings.” Esperanza, the 15-foot tall animated farmworker puppet, debuted this past spring in the luxurious streets >> Read More
A message from the movement for Fair Food from our faith and student allies

A message from the movement for Fair Food from our faith and student allies

Posted on by Coalition of Immokalee Workers
2024 was a particularly productive year for the national Campaign for Fair Food — kicking off this past spring with the three-day Farmworker Freedom Festival held in Palm Beach, FL and closing out this holiday season with our end-of-year fundraising campaign, backed for the first time ever by a generous matching challenge, whereby all gifts will be matched up to >> Read More
The Fair Food Program is ushering in a new day of human rights around the globe

The Fair Food Program is ushering in a new day of human rights around the globe

Posted on by Coalition of Immokalee Workers
  Twenty years ago, the Presidential Medal-winning Fair Food Program was still a distant dream in the minds of farmworkers from Immokalee who, at the time, were on the cusp of signing the first-ever Fair Food agreement with Taco Bell, calling on the fast-food giant to take responsibility for the exploitation of farmworkers at the bottom of its supply chain. >> Read More
When farmworker lives are on the line, the Fair Food Program guarantees essential protections

When farmworker lives are on the line, the Fair Food Program guarantees essential protections

Posted on by Coalition of Immokalee Workers
As hard as it may be to imagine, farmworkers on most farms in the US do not have guaranteed access to clean drinking water, bathrooms, shade, or even habitable housing. Working in the fields, farmworkers are all too often exposed to dangerous pesticides, sweltering summer heat, lightning storms and hurricanes -- and if they complain, they can lose the jobs >> Read More
Is the bitter taste of forced labor on your holiday plate?

Is the bitter taste of forced labor on your holiday plate?

Posted on by Coalition of Immokalee Workers
On this International Human Rights Day, let’s take a moment to remember the millions of farmworkers across the planet for whom the idea of universal human rights remains, even today, a distant dream.  According to Laura Elise Vasquez, Director of Complaint Resolution with the Fair Food Standards Council, “Some of the most challenging calls we get on the Fair Food >> Read More
Help us kick off our match campaign on Giving Tuesday

Help us kick off our match campaign on Giving Tuesday

Posted on by Coalition of Immokalee Workers
This past year has been an extraordinary one for the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' Fair Food Program and its model of Worker-driven Social Responsibility, marked by unprecedented growth and exciting new milestones achieved that would not have been possible without sustainers like you! Since this time last year, the CIW’s Fair Food Program has nearly doubled in size, both domestically >> Read More