Rev. Michael Livingston, National Council of Churches: Ahold's Standards of Engagement a table that "has only two legs. It cannot stand." Fourth and final update from the NE Tour takes us to Giant headquarters in Landover, MD for a spirited protest, reunion with Fast for Fair Food friends! The NE Tour crew saved the best for last, as the final >> Read More

Nearly 40 members of the "A Sustainable Faith Conference" marched 5 blocks from the church hosting the get-together to the downtown St Pete Publix last week to hold the latest of many pray-ins in the Publix produce aisle. The group, made up largely of clergy from the Tampa Bay area, kneeled in the store as different pastors took turns reading >> Read More

2012 Northeast Tour holds first major action outside Stop & Shop headquarters in Quincy, Massachusetts! Leonel Perez of the CIW (left) meets a representative of Ahold (Stop & Shop and Giant's Dutch parent company) outside Ahold's headquarters in Quincy, Massachusetts, during yesterday's action, which took place despite a particularly heavy April shower. CIW, allies get Ahold's attention with spirited protest, >> Read More

USDA blog: "The second part of the seder connected the Israelites’ experience with slavery to modern struggles of farm workers and others in the food industry." United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack hosted the USDA's second "Food and Justice Passover Seder" this past Wednesday -- at the Secretary's Executive Dining Room, no less -- with this year's event, "centered >> Read More

Inspired by the participation of Florida faith leaders and congregants in last months' Fast for Fair Food, the Florida Council of Churches has issued a call for people of good will to choose a day during this Holy Week to fast and pray "that Publix will affirm its better self to 'do the right thing.'" They have even set up >> Read More