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One day before we launch our 5-day trek from Pahokee to Palm Beach, national media are celebrating the CIW’s March for Farmworker Freedom

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_36518" align="aligncenter" width="800"] CIW's Cruz Salucio makes the final touches on a sun representing the Fair Food Program.[/caption] Truthout: "There are few human rights achievements that are so universally celebrated today as the farmworker-led Fair Food Program." Civil Eats: "Created 10 years ago, the program has been credited with markedly improving conditions in agricultural fields for workers on the >> Read More

Archbishop Wenski: “Your efforts to shed light on this egregious [forced labor case in Pahokee] through the Build a New World March are God’s work”

Posted on March 10, 2023March 10, 2023 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_36505" align="aligncenter" width="731"] Archbishop Wenski speaks with farmworkers and allies during their 5-mile march in Palm Beach, FL in April 2022[/caption] Archbishop Thomas Wenski: "Even as I extend my congratulations, it is with a heavy heart that I must also recognize the plight of farmworkers who do not yet labor in the light of justice & dignity." "Many years >> Read More

Florida students visit Immokalee to celebrate booting Wendy’s from campus, mobilize for the Build A New World March!

Posted on March 7, 2023March 7, 2023 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_36482" align="aligncenter" width="652"] University of Florida students visited the CIW's office after securing a crucial victory at their university[/caption] UF Student/Farmworker Alliance on booting Wendy's from campus: "While it's important we celebrate our victories, the fight for fair food is never over! We continue to keep our end goal in mind: an end to exploitation and abuse in >> Read More

New academic article offers scientific modeling of how FFP, WSR can stop modern-day slavery in global supply chains

Posted on March 3, 2023March 4, 2023 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_22600" align="aligncenter" width="906"] An auditor with the Fair Food Standards Council interviews a worker on a Fair Food Program farm.[/caption] Academic Study: "Over 50 million people in the world live in a situation of modern slavery, the most extreme form of labour exploitation..." "[The Fair Food Program] is unique in the sense that it has been developed and deployed >> Read More

Three ways to participate in the upcoming “Build A New World” March!

Posted on February 28, 2023February 28, 2023 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

1) Join us for the 2-mile grand finale on March 18 at 10:30am in Palm Beach, FL! 2) Donate to help offset the cost of transportation, supplies, art creation and meals for an action of this magnitude! 3) Write a message of solidarity for the 100+ farmworkers and allies who are embarking on the 5-day, 45-mile Build A New World March! On >> Read More

REGISTER TODAY: Take part in the 2023 “Build A New World” March!

Posted on February 20, 2023February 20, 2023 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Farmworkers have announced a five-day march to celebrate the extraordinary success of the Fair Food Program, and to demand holdouts Wendy’s, Publix, and Kroger finally join the Fair Food Program. Join us in building a new world of freedom for all farmworkers – either by taking part in the 2-mile grand finale in Palm Beach on March 18, or marching >> Read More

US Department of Labor Awards $2.5 Million Grant to Fuel Fair Food Program’s International Expansion

Posted on February 15, 2023February 16, 2023 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_34085" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Workers attend to tulips at Fair Food Program Participating Grower Bloomia's farm in Virginia. Bloomia's operations in Chile and South Africa will also join the Fair Food Program in an expansion made possible by a USDOL grant announced yesterday.[/caption] Department of Labor Award "to assess and expand the successful Fair Food Program model with a pilot >> Read More

PRESS RELEASE: CIW announces march to celebrate 10+ years of progress under Fair Food Program, calls on holdouts Wendy’s, Kroger, and Publix to help finish the job of eradicating forced labor

Posted on February 13, 2023February 19, 2023 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

[caption id="attachment_26379" align="aligncenter" width="807"] Workers on a Fair Food Program farm gather for an FFP worker-to-worker education session, led by members of the CIW Education Team, before heading into the fields to harvest tomatoes that will bear the Fair Food Program label. FFP education sessions take place on the clock and in the fields, and inform workers at least twice >> Read More

BREAKING: US Department of Labor press release on latest forced labor prosecution names buyers, including Fair Food Program holdout Kroger

Posted on February 6, 2023 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

US Department of Labor press release: "Los Villatoros Harvesting LLC employed workers to harvest watermelons for Carlton Farms Inc., operating as Sun Fresh Farms Inc. in Wauchula, Florida, for sale to Walmart and Kroger locations. In Indiana, the employer provided crews for Cardinal Farms in Oaktown and Wonning Melons in Vincennes to pack melons for sale through a distributor >> Read More

SAVE THE DATE: Farmworkers and Allies to Launch 5-day March to Palm Beach, FL, for Farmworker Freedom!

Posted on January 23, 2023January 23, 2023 by Coalition of Immokalee Workers

MARCH 14-18: Get ready Fair Food Nation! Farmworkers are organizing a 5-day march from Pahokee, FL, home of Florida's most recent federal forced labor case, to the billionaire enclave of Palm Beach, where the power to end farmworker exploitation resides, to demand that three key remaining Fair Food holdouts – Wendy's, Publix, and Kroger – join the award-winning Fair Food Program! Ready >> Read More