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Watch: TED Talk sheds light on the unlikely partnership at the heart of the Fair Food Program

Watch: TED Talk sheds light on the unlikely partnership at the heart of the Fair Food Program

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Jon Esformes, CEO of Sunripe Certified Brands: “In 2010 when we partnered there were a lot of folks who said we were crazy. And maybe we were… I mean farmers and farmworkers coming together to ensure a fair and safe workplace. That’s nuts. Within a few months the evidence was clear that the program worked and the culture in our >> Read More
Vox takes a deep dive into the Fair Food Program, Worker-driven Social Responsibility’s global rise

Vox takes a deep dive into the Fair Food Program, Worker-driven Social Responsibility’s global rise

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[caption id="attachment_28339" align="aligncenter" width="800"] An auditor with the Fair Food Standards Council interviews a farmworker as part of the Fair Food Program[/caption] Vox: “A binding contract is crucial to worker-driven social responsibility, a sharp contrast to those toothless corporate social responsibility initiatives.” Lucas Benitez, farmworker and co-founder of the CIW: “With [worker-driven social responsibility], we’re no longer letting the foxes >> Read More
“Benefits for all:” Fair Food Program and participating grower Rancho Durazno featured in Colorado press

“Benefits for all:” Fair Food Program and participating grower Rancho Durazno featured in Colorado press

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[caption id="attachment_38157" align="aligncenter" width="900"] CIW staff provide an on-the-clock, worker-to-worker education session as part of the FFP, on Rancho Durazno[/caption] Gwen Cameron, owner of Rancho Durazno: “[The Fair Food Program is] not the only social responsibility certification out there for farm workers, but one of the few with real teeth that holds farmers and buyers accountable.” Keep it Colorado: “Workers >> Read More
CIW, Fair Food Program join Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, FFP Participating Farmers for Announcement of Historic Program!

CIW, Fair Food Program join Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, FFP Participating Farmers for Announcement of Historic Program!

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[caption id="attachment_38188" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Cruz Salucio of the CIW speaks at last week's press conference at Rancho Durazno in Colorado[/caption] Fair Food Program set to expand to 27 more farms, 13 more states with support from United States Department of Agriculture USDA announcement marks latest instance of CIW/FFP innovations adopted as policy by the public sector  USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack: >> Read More
A unique TED Talk highlights the life-saving protections of the Fair Food Program

A unique TED Talk highlights the life-saving protections of the Fair Food Program

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[caption id="attachment_38150" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Gerardo Reyes of the CIW speaks about a deeply personal experience with heat stroke while harvesting watermelons in north Florida several years ago as Jon Esformes, CEO of Sunripe Tomatoes and the first major grower to join the Fair Food Program, looks on during their recent TED talk in New York.[/caption] Gerardo Reyes Chavez, CIW: “To >> Read More
How Worker-driven Social Responsibility is ushering in a new day of human rights in the global economy

How Worker-driven Social Responsibility is ushering in a new day of human rights in the global economy

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[caption id="attachment_37550" align="aligncenter" width="900"] CIW staff provide a worker-to-worker education session on an FFP Farm[/caption] CIW: “The promise of Worker-driven Social Responsibility – a model by which workers are able to define and enforce their own rights – is to modernize workers’ human rights by flipping market incentives and conditioning profits on respect for workers’ human rights.” “Workers everywhere deserve >> Read More
The CIW mourns those farmworkers killed in the May 14 bus crash, calls for greater protections for all farmworkers

The CIW mourns those farmworkers killed in the May 14 bus crash, calls for greater protections for all farmworkers

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  [caption id="attachment_38108" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Members of the Immokalee community prepare for a vigil on Sunday, May 19,  in honor of the eight workers killed in last week's tragic accident near Ocala. The vigil was organized through a community-wide collaboration among Unidos Immokalee, Mision Peniel, and the CIW.[/caption] Lucas Benitez, CIW: "It hurts to think about how their families have >> Read More
The making of Esperanza, a 15 foot animated puppet championing the hopes of farmworkers

The making of Esperanza, a 15 foot animated puppet championing the hopes of farmworkers

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It has been nearly two months since the debut of Esperanza – a 15 foot animated farmworker puppet, who as her name reveals, embodies the hopes of farmworkers for dignity and freedom in the fields. Her first major public appearance came at the first-ever Farmworker Freedom Festival in Palm Beach, FL, which culminated in a powerful ceremony designed to bring the >> Read More
“Food, Inc. 2”, featuring the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, is officially out in theaters and on streaming platforms!

“Food, Inc. 2”, featuring the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, is officially out in theaters and on streaming platforms!

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[caption id="attachment_38058" align="aligncenter" width="900"] The stars were out at the "Food, Inc. 2" special screening in Washington, DC, earlier this month, with an in-person panel of two US Senators, the filmmakers, and food and human rights experts who appear in the film that follows the showing.  The panel featured, from left to right, Senator Jon Tester, award-winning author Eric Schlosser, >> Read More
MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving gives $2 million to fuel expansion of Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ Fair Food Program

MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving gives $2 million to fuel expansion of Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ Fair Food Program

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Lupe Gonzalo, farmworker and CIW staff member: “Continuing to expand is quite urgent. It's quite important because only this path of the Fair Food Program has made a difference for thousands of workers."  A few days ago, we announced a partnership with Spanish farmworkers to explore building the first-ever Worker-driven Social Responsibility program in the EU.  Today we have another >> Read More