Fair Food Takes Root: January 2012 – October 2012

Category: Fair Food Takes Root: January 2012 – October 2012

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Get ready for the big Thanksgiving Week of Supermarket Action, Nov. 14-21!

Posted on October 30, 2012October 16, 2020 by CIW

Publix's Pilgrim salt shaker, shown here standing next to a bag of Publix's store label Fair Trade coffee, is ready to hit the streets to protest Publix's hypocrisy, are you? Thanksgiving is the time of year when our thoughts turn to family, football, and the wonderful, abundant feast that marks the start of the holiday season. But in Immokalee, and >> Read More

FIU students take matters into their own hands

Posted on October 26, 2012October 16, 2020 by CIW

FIU students take matters into their own hands, send Publix personal appeals to join Fair Food Program... It's always an eye-opening experience when people learn about the history of exploitation and abuse in Florida's fields, about the unbroken decades of degradation faced by generations of Florida farmworkers. It's even more of an eye-opener when they learn that there is finally >> Read More

Southern Foodways Alliance selects Greg Asbed of the CIW

Posted on October 23, 2012October 16, 2020 by CIW

A whole hog is prepared for conference participants by conference participants for Saturday night's feast as part of the SFA's 2012 Symposium on southern barbecue. Southern Foodways Alliance selects Greg Asbed of the CIW as winner of the 2012 John Egerton Prize for advancing civil rights in the South "through the lens of food"... Award presented as part of SFA's >> Read More

Rabbis for Human Rights

Posted on October 18, 2012October 16, 2020 by CIW

North America return to Immokalee, produce aisle at Publix, to lend voices to growing call for Fair Food! Longtime readers of this site recognize the name Rabbis for Human Rights -- North America. In a relatively short time RHR-NA has become one of the most steadfast and active allies in the Campaign for Fair Food. From pray-ins at Publix, to >> Read More

CIW, allies join forces in Miami

Posted on October 15, 2012October 16, 2020 by CIW

CIW, allies join forces in Miami to protest Publix, School of the Americas, in support of human rights! More Publix actions in the pipeline... All too many CIW members came to this country years ago fleeing widespread political oppression in their home countries at the hands of military dictators and their subordinates who had one thing in common -- they >> Read More

Denver Fair Food wastes no time in making the pivot…

Posted on October 12, 2012October 16, 2020 by CIW

Ask not for whom the bell tolls in Denver, King Soopers (aka Kroger), it tolls for you! All is decidedly not quiet on the western front in the fight for food justice! Just days after last week's big announcement that the CIW had reached a Fair Food agreement with Chipotle, the incredible crew at Denver Fair Food is back in >> Read More

Food Sovereignty Prize tonight in NYC!

Posted on October 10, 2012October 16, 2020 by CIW

If you're an NYC Fair Food activist, don't miss this big night, with the CIW, three incredible grassroots organizations fighting for food justice, Tom Morello, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and much more -- and it's open to the public! Tonight is the big night in New York City for the gala Food Sovereignty Award ceremony, >> Read More

More Chipotle agreement coverage as the blogosphere weighs in…

Posted on October 7, 2012October 16, 2020 by CIW

"As business after business recognizes the worth of this agreement, perhaps it will inspire even more to follow suit." Last week's agreement with Chipotle struck a very large nerve in the country's food movement, driving coverage and commentary on the news throughout the extensive world of food blogs and food industry news outlets. There are a lot of stories to >> Read More

Chipotle agreement media round-up!

Posted on October 5, 2012October 16, 2020 by CIW

Plus: What's it all mean for the Fair Food Program and the Good Food Movement? Despite the late hour of yesterday's news out of Denver, coverage of the Chipotle agreement is flying fast and furious. In the interest of keeping up with the flow, here below are links to some of the early returns: "Chipotle signs fair food agreement with >> Read More

Chipotle signs agreement with CIW to join Fair Food Program!

Posted on October 4, 2012October 16, 2020 by CIW

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="530"] From left to right, the CIW's Oscar Otzoy, Chipotle's Chris Arnold, and the CIW's Gerardo Reyes, joined in the background by student and faith allies, at today's signing ceremony at Chipotle's Denver headquarters.[/caption] From the joint press release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Chris Arnold Chipotle Mexican Grill 303.222.5912 carnold@chipotle.com Gerardo Reyes Coalition of Immokalee Workers 239-657-8311 >> Read More