Category: “A brilliant model” at work: November 2013 – October 2014

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The Nation, Ozy weigh in on the Fair Food Program!

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[caption id="attachment_26858" align="aligncenter" width="600"] A farmworker harvesting grape tomatoes on a Fair Food Program farm.[/caption] "The Coalition’s work has implications for what we eat, how we define sustainability and who should be accountable for workplace abuse..." The news out of Immokalee of last week's groundbreaking agreement with Walmart -- an agreement that not only added Walmart's unequaled market power to >> Read More

American history happens in a watermelon shed…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="World responds to @Walmart joining #FairFoodProgram! Press, statements, social media..." url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17932"] The world responds to news of the Walmart agreement! [caption id="attachment_17944" align="aligncenter" width="530"] A member of the Walmart delegation holds the Fair Food Program rights booklet during a meeting among CIW members, Florida tomato growers, Walmart representatives, and the Chairperson of the UN's Working Group on Business and >> Read More

PRESS RELEASE: Coalition of Immokalee Workers Announces Walmart to Join Groundbreaking Fair Food Program

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NEWS RELEASE: January 16, 2014   MEDIA CONTACT: Coalition of Immokalee Workers Greg Asbed, 239-986-2364, greg@ciw-online.org Julia Perkins, 239-986-0891, Julia@ciw-online.org Walmart Walmart Media Relations 1-800-331-0085   Coalition of Immokalee Workers Announces Walmart to Join Groundbreaking Fair Food Program  [Statement by the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights on today’s announcement follows at the end of this release] [caption >> Read More

BREAKING NEWS: Walmart joins CIW’s Fair Food Program!

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[hupso title="History in the making: @Walmart joins @CIW's #FairFoodProgram, strengthens groundbreaking #humanrights model" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17859"] World's largest retailer to put unprecedented market power behind groundbreaking Fair Food Program; Will work with CIW "to strengthen and expand" the FFP beyond Florida and into new crops! [video mp4="https://ciw-online.org/wp-content/uploads/Walmart-Signing_vid.mp4.mp4" webm="https://ciw-online.org/wp-content/uploads/Walmart-Signing_vid.webmhd.webm" ogg="https://ciw-online.org/wp-content/uploads/Walmart-Signing_vid.webmhd.webm" poster="https://ciw-online.org/wp-content/uploads/walmart-signing-screen-shot.png" width="523" height="294" loop="true" controls="false" preload="true" skin="native" align="center"] Walmart representatives John Amaya (left), >> Read More

We have lost a friend, and the South has lost a unique voice for justice…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="A friend & unique voice for justice in the South: @CIW honors John Egerton @potlikker" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17783"] John Egerton passed away late last year, and we offer our heartfelt condolences to all of those who love their Southern food with a side of social justice. "By way of his belief in the possibilities of our region, by way of his >> Read More

“Wendy’s, why won’t you get back to us?”…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="Young voices from the Campaign for #FairFood call on @Wendys!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17769"] [caption id="attachment_17771" align="aligncenter" width="523"] Children from the Workmen's Circle School with signs saying, "Wendy's, Why Won't You Get Back To Us?" and "Workmen's Circle School Supports the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. Do the Right Thing, Wendy's"[/caption] Elementary schoolers have a New Years message for Wendy's... As we gear >> Read More

Out with the old…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="#HappyNewYear! Take a look back at #FairFoodNation during busy & wildly successful #2013 " url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17719"] Not so fast!  We take a look back at 2013 -- the year the Fair Food Program proved its mettle and won acclaim from the White House to the United Nations -- before heading into what is sure to be a huge 2014... The >> Read More

Holiday health fair on Immokalee farm shows other side of Fair Food Program…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="Workers, growers gather for joyful holiday party, highlight 20 yr journey of #FairFoodNation" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17667"] Joyful holiday party on Pacific Tomato Growers Immokalee farm highlights remarkable twenty-year trajectory of the movement for Fair Food! [caption id="attachment_17670" align="aligncenter" width="523"] Jon Esformes, Operating Partner of the fourth-generation, family-owned Pacific Tomato Growers, speaks at last weekend's Holiday Health Fair on the Immokalee area >> Read More

Six score Ohioans for Fair Food — and over 156,000 signatures gathered by CIW ally Walk Free — seen, but not heard, at opening of “flagship” Wendy’s restaurant in Dublin!

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="120 join @Wendys execs at opening of flagship store in #Ohio!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17600"] Transparency only in architectural plans for Wendy's executives at VIP opening ceremony... Transparency is, in most instances, a good thing.   The Fair Food Program is all about transparency.  Transparency in the supply chains of the food industry giants that sign Fair Food Agreements, so that human >> Read More

Raj Patel, Frances Moore Lappé, and 75+ more food movement leaders speak out against Wendy’s!

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="A new logo isn't enough: 75+ #foodjustice leaders send message to @Wendys for Intl #HumanRights Day!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17582"] 75+ food justice leaders describe 21st century food to Wendy's for International Human Rights Day... The Fair Food Nation was certainly busy this past International Human Rights Day, December 10th.  Last week we reported on the rabbis with T'ruah honoring the  "Human >> Read More