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“Food, Inc. 2”, sequel to the 2008 Oscar-nominated documentary, showcases Fair Food Program as model solution for a more just food industry!

“Food, Inc. 2”, sequel to the 2008 Oscar-nominated documentary, showcases Fair Food Program as model solution for a more just food industry!

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[caption id="attachment_37411" align="alignright" width="900"] Gerardo Reyes Chavez (center) works in the fields in the upcoming documentary Food, Inc. 2[/caption] Watch the trailer for the upcoming "Food, Inc. 2," featuring the CIW and the  Fair Food Program as a model solution to our nation's broken food system!  The much-anticipated sequel to the Oscar-nominated 2008 documentary "Food, Inc." recently premiered at the >> Read More
SAVE THE DATE SEPT 27: Call Kroger and demand the grocery giant join the Fair Food Program!

SAVE THE DATE SEPT 27: Call Kroger and demand the grocery giant join the Fair Food Program!

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Stand with farmworkers on September 27 for a virtual action to demand Kroger join the Fair Food Program!  Action alert! Calling all members of the Fair Food Nation!   A year ago the notorious crewleader of Los Villatoros’ harvesting company, Bladimir Moreno, pleaded guilty to the federal charge of conspiracy to commit forced labor. Under Moreno, more than a dozen workers were >> Read More
The Fair Food Program adds corn to growing crop list, continues expansion in Colorado!

The Fair Food Program adds corn to growing crop list, continues expansion in Colorado!

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[caption id="attachment_37363" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Sunrise at Tuxedo Corn, CO[/caption] Montrose Daily Press: "The [Fair Food Program] provides workers with a means of making complaints, which has led to people speaking out against abuses..." CIW's Leo Perez: "The basis of this program is that workers have the information and the tools they need to actually implement and apply their rights in >> Read More
Media Roundup: How the Fair Food Program’s heat protections are transforming agriculture

Media Roundup: How the Fair Food Program’s heat protections are transforming agriculture

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[caption id="attachment_37368" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Workers inside the FFP receive on-the-clock, worker-to-worker education on their rights inside the program, which includes rigorous and enforceable heat stress protections.[/caption] The Invading Sea: "A solution is hiding in plain sight on farms in the supply chains of major corporations participating in the Fair Food Program" This summer has brought deadly heat across much of >> Read More
RELEASE: Fair Food Program’s heat illness standards are saving farmworkers’ lives amidst record-shattering summer temperatures

RELEASE: Fair Food Program’s heat illness standards are saving farmworkers’ lives amidst record-shattering summer temperatures

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[caption id="attachment_37321" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Under the FFP, tens of thousands of farmworkers are protected by heat stress standards, which mandate rest breaks, water, and shade.[/caption] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fair Food Program’s heat illness standards are saving farmworkers’ lives amidst record-shattering summer temperatures Professor Susan Marquis, Princeton University, op/ed in Miami Herald on FFP heat illness standards: "The Fair Food Program’s >> Read More
Miami Herald guest opinion piece on Fair Food Program heat stress standards: “Outdoor workers are dying in extreme heat. We have the solution to save their lives.”

Miami Herald guest opinion piece on Fair Food Program heat stress standards: “Outdoor workers are dying in extreme heat. We have the solution to save their lives.”

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Dr. Susan Marquis, Miami Herald: "Farmworkers in the Fair Food Program have developed heat-illness standards and protocols that already are in place on farms from Florida to New Jersey, reaching west through Tennessee and Colorado, and into California." Farmworker protected by the FFP: "We can do more than improve day-to-day health and safety conditions. We can prevent a father or >> Read More
Financial Times (UK): “Fair Fish” pilot program builds momentum on way to launch in Northeast Scotland as UK’s top buyers join talks to back the WSR initiative

Financial Times (UK): “Fair Fish” pilot program builds momentum on way to launch in Northeast Scotland as UK’s top buyers join talks to back the WSR initiative

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Financial Times: "The 'worker-driven social responsibility' pilot would ensure minimum standards around wages, rest and grievance procedures." Mike Park, head of the Scottish White Fish Producers Association, to the Financial Times: "Park said he hoped the 'nuts and bolts' of the programme could be agreed by the end of 2023, with a view to launching it next year. If successful, the >> Read More
We are hiring fall interns – and more!

We are hiring fall interns – and more!

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  [caption id="attachment_37291" align="aligncenter" width="573"] CIW's Julia de la Cruz shares the CIW's message with hundreds of allies with Pati Cipollitti interpreting at her side.[/caption] Join the movement for Fair Food as an intern with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers! Today, we invite the Fair Food Nation to help us spread the word that we are looking for interns for >> Read More
Coalition of Immokalee Workers awarded the prestigious Frances Perkins Public Service Award from the American Bar Association

Coalition of Immokalee Workers awarded the prestigious Frances Perkins Public Service Award from the American Bar Association

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The CIW Education Team leads a worker-to-worker education session, an integral part of the Fair Food Program, on a participating farm in Florida earlier this year. "The American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law has awarded the 2022 Frances Perkins Public Service Award to the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) for its vital decades-long fight for the dignities >> Read More
CIW co-founder Lucas Benitez to be awarded prestigious Wallenberg Medal from the University of Michigan!

CIW co-founder Lucas Benitez to be awarded prestigious Wallenberg Medal from the University of Michigan!

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Release: "UM awards the Wallenberg Medal to those who, through their actions and personal commitment, perpetuate Wallenberg’s extraordinary accomplishments and human values, and demonstrate the capacity of the human spirit to stand up for the helpless, to defend the integrity of the powerless, and to speak out on behalf of the voiceless." "Notable medal recipients over the past 30 years >> Read More