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Fair Food Program adaptation in India gains steam as sugarcane workers nationwide gather to discuss WSR

Fair Food Program adaptation in India gains steam as sugarcane workers nationwide gather to discuss WSR

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[caption id="attachment_39046" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Sugarcane workers hold a community meeting as part of an orientation program before the harvest season begins in Uttar Pradesh, organized by the India Sugar Workers' Association (ISWA), the coalition of Indian farmworker organizations formed to lead the building and implementation of a human rights enforcement program based on the CIW's Fair Food Program. The workers >> Read More
Yale students, in urgent op-ed, call on university to join the Fair Food Program

Yale students, in urgent op-ed, call on university to join the Fair Food Program

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[caption id="attachment_28932" align="aligncenter" width="903"] As part of the FFP's on-the-farm,  on-the-clock, worker-to-worker education, the CIW's Nely Rodriguez (right) and two volunteers display a Fair Food Program education drawing, depicting a supervisor scolding a worker for speaking up on the job.[/caption] Yale Student Farmworker Alliance in Yale Daily News: "It is unacceptable that Yale backs away from fair and humane conditions >> Read More
A look inside the Fair Food Program in South Africa

A look inside the Fair Food Program in South Africa

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[caption id="attachment_39013" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Human rights investigators and educators with the Fair Food Program in South Africa pose for a group photo with the South Africa edition of the FFP's Know Your Rights and Responsibilities booklet, given to workers during education sessions.[/caption] Lupe Gonzalo, farmworker and CIW staff member: "Every country is different, but human rights must be implemented equally. >> Read More
An update on Marco Guevara and his family…

An update on Marco Guevara and his family…

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[caption id="attachment_38921" align="aligncenter" width="768"] Marco Antonio Hernandez Guevara, along with his wife Reyna and their three daughters, celebrating his youngest daughter's third birthday[/caption] We want to quickly take a moment to thank everyone who has so generously supported Marco Antonio Hernández Guevara’s family during this heartbreaking time. Last month, Mr. Guevara, a farmworker based out of Immokalee, died due to an >> Read More
Bombshell ProPublica investigation reveals horrifying new details on ‘Operation Blooming Onion’ — largest ever modern-slavery case, uncovered by CIW — highlights Fair Food Program as only proven solution

Bombshell ProPublica investigation reveals horrifying new details on ‘Operation Blooming Onion’ — largest ever modern-slavery case, uncovered by CIW — highlights Fair Food Program as only proven solution

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[caption id="attachment_38998" align="aligncenter" width="900"] A photo submitted to the court by federal prosecutors as evidence in the ongoing "Blooming Onion" prosecution shows a shrine to Santa Muerte found in the home of Javier Sanchez Mendoza Jr., a farm labor contractor convicted of Conspiracy to Engage in Forced Labor and sentenced to 30 years in prison earlier this year. Santa Muerte, >> Read More
Marco Guevara, farmworker and beloved husband, father of three, has passed away after hospitalization with heatstroke

Marco Guevara, farmworker and beloved husband, father of three, has passed away after hospitalization with heatstroke

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[caption id="attachment_38921" align="aligncenter" width="768"] Marco Antonio Hernandez Guevara, along with the rest of his family, celebrating his youngest daughter's third birthday[/caption] La Jornada: “Marco Antonio Hernández Guevara should not have died. The farmworker, like so many others, came to the United States to work in the fields of Florida and support his wife and three daughters in Mexico. He will >> Read More
Immokalee farmworker hospitalized, on life support after suffering heat stroke during sweltering summer

Immokalee farmworker hospitalized, on life support after suffering heat stroke during sweltering summer

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[caption id="attachment_38919" align="alignright" width="442"] Marco Antonio Hernandez Guevara taking one last family photo with his wife and youngest daughter, 4, before boarding the bus to work as an H-2A worker in the US this summer[/caption] Marco Guevara, proud father of 3 and husband, succumbs to heat on Immokalee area farm, lies fighting for his life in Naples hospital Mr. Guevara's >> Read More
2024 FFP “State of the Program” Report — Part 3: Understanding the FFP’s unique market-based enforcement model

2024 FFP “State of the Program” Report — Part 3: Understanding the FFP’s unique market-based enforcement model

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Farmworker on an FFP participating farm: “More important than the money, which I need, was the feeling of dignity when my labor – the buckets I harvested – was recognized.” The CEO of Bloomia, a FFP Participating Grower, Werner Jansen: “If a company as large and successful as Bloomia can partner with a worker-driven social responsibility program like the Fair >> Read More
2024 FFP “State of the Program” Report — Part 2: Measuring the Fair Food difference in the fields

2024 FFP “State of the Program” Report — Part 2: Measuring the Fair Food difference in the fields

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[caption id="attachment_38743" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Workers take a rest break under shade on a Fair Food Program participating farm[/caption] Fair Food Program reaches major landmark: Over $50 million in Fair Food Premium — aka the "Penny per Pound" — has been paid by Participating Buyers to improve farmworkers' income on participating farms.  2024 SOTP: "The [compliance] data demonstrates that Participating Growers across the >> Read More
RELEASED: 2024 FFP “State of the Program” Report — Part 1: How a human rights program, born in Immokalee, went global

RELEASED: 2024 FFP “State of the Program” Report — Part 1: How a human rights program, born in Immokalee, went global

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State of the Program report: "Now, fourteen years since its inception, the FFP has entered into a phase of truly dramatic expansion: During 2024 and 2025, the Program’s protections will reach thousands more farmworkers, at over 30 additional farms in 13 new states." "...the FFP’s domestic expansion in the U.S. is increasingly urgent in light of heightened risks to farmworkers >> Read More