Category: A Year of Victories: May 2008 – May 2009

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Campaign for Fair Food at the 2009 Food & Society Conference!…

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Also... Must-read op/ed: "Farmworker wages still the issue" This week, representatives of the CIW, the Student/Farmworker Alliance and Just Harvest USA traveled to San Jose, California -- the town where Cesar Chavez first started organizing in 1952 -- for the 2009 Food & Society conference, an annual gathering that seeks "to identify ways to improve our economy, environment, and society >> Read More

The response to Governor Crist’s groundbreaking support for the CIW’s Campaign for Fair Food

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The response to Governor Crist's groundbreaking support for the CIW's Campaign for Fair Food -- and shot across the bow of the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange (FTGE) for its stubborn opposition to progress for Florida's farmworkers -- continues to roll in. Here below are, in order, an article, an editorial, and a letter that all, for the most part, say >> Read More

Sustainable food leader Swanton Berry Farm weighs in on human rights crisis in Florida’s fields!…

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Also: Op/eds on Governor's intervention keep coming... As is often the case, when the news is coming hot and heavy, some important stories can get put on the back burner. That was the case with a letter from the sustainable food/organic farm legend Swanton Berry Farm of California that arrived at the CIW just days before last month's meeting with >> Read More

Reaction to Gov. Crist’s stance on farm labor justice strongly positive!…

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Governor Crist's support for the CIW's Campaign for Fair Food and admonishment of the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange (FTGE) for its opposition to the Campaign have received positive reviews across the board. Below is a letter to the editor in today's Naples Daily News by the Rev. Russell L. Meyer, Tampa, Executive director, Florida Council of Churches, that is typical >> Read More

Governor Crist letter to CIW: “I support the Coalition’s Campaign for Fair Food,”

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Governor Crist letter to CIW: "I support the Coalition's Campaign for Fair Food,"... "I encourage the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange and its members to participate in the campaign..." Lucas Benitez, CIW: "Today, with the addition of a single voice, the chorus of support for the Campaign for Fair Food grew immeasurably stronger." Governor Charlie Crist issued a letter to the >> Read More

Meanwhile, back at the Campaign for Fair Food…

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Two of Holland's leading musicians drop by supermarket industry giant Ahold (headquartered in Amsterdam) to deliver the Alliance for Fair Food letter!Dutch composer Louis Andriessen and Dutch-American violinist Monica Germino paid a surprise visit to the Amsterdam corporate headquarters of retail food giant Ahold last week. Ahold is the parent company of five major grocery chains in the US (including >> Read More

CIW looks ahead to meeting with Governor Crist…

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CIW looks ahead to meeting with Governor Crist... Photo report from Tallahassee theater, press conference online now! As reported in this morning's Ft. Myers News-Press, "Florida Gov. Charlie Crist announced Wednesday he will talk with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers - a meeting the group has sought for two years." Here's an extended excerpt from the article, entitled "Immokalee workers >> Read More