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Fair Food Program serves as backdrop for thought-provoking reflection on philanthropy and social transformation…

Posted on February 21, 2014October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso_hide][hupso title="#FairFoodProgram serves as backdrop to reflection from @PeterBuffett" URL="https://ciw-online.org/?p=18278"] For those of you who read my op-ed http://t.co/fm30svysP9 and wanted solutions.. here's one: http://t.co/MmGThhUf4F — Peter Buffett (@peterbuffett) February 19, 2014 Some of you may recall reading an op/ed published last summer in the pages of the New York Times entitled "The Charitable-Industrial Complex" that caused quite a stir >> Read More

Fair Food Nation in full-blown mobilization mode as “Now is the Time” Tour draws closer!

Posted on February 20, 2014October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso_hide][hupso title="#FairFoodNation in full blown mobilization mode as #NowIsTheTime Tour draws close!" URL="https://ciw-online.org/?p=18249"] [caption id="attachment_18265" align="aligncenter" width="523"] CIW in Orlando at the Hope Community Center[/caption] February a busy month in Florida and Ohio as preparations for the big action ramp up... While many across the nation celebrate mid-February with red roses and chocolate, the Fair Food nation has been focusing >> Read More

“I have lived something children will one day read about,” Wilson Perez, Immokalee

Posted on February 18, 2014October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso_hide][hupso title="I have lived something children will one day read about - Wilson Perez, farmworker in #FairFoodProgram... More at @CIW site!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?post=18233"] Farmworkers speak about the "historic" impact of the Fair Food Program on their lives in a moving new article from the Ft. Myers News-Press... This past Sunday, the local newspaper of record here in Southwest Florida, the Ft. >> Read More

Fair Food movement takes Berlin by storm!

Posted on February 15, 2014October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso_hide][hupso title="CIW, @FoodChainsFilm takes @berlinale by storm!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?post=18202"] Compelling new documentary, "Food Chains," premieres at 2014 Berlin Film Festival to sold-out screenings, generates serious buzz at star-studded festival... What happens when Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker, Golden Globe Award nominee Eva Longoria, best-selling author Eric Schlosser, and an incredibly talented and dedicated crew of filmmakers and producers join forces >> Read More

Planning for the “Now is the Time” Tour takes off!

Posted on February 13, 2014October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso_hide][hupso title="#NowIsTheTimeTour planning takes off!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?post=18173"] From snowy Columbus down to sunny Immokalee, the Fair Food Nation is preparing for 2014's spring action... Everyone is getting excited for the 10-day, 10-city "Now is the Time" Tour (March 5-15). Before we go into the flurry of activity across the country, we want to introduce you to the Tour's brand new website, which launches today >> Read More

Walmart agreement continues to make waves…

Posted on February 8, 2014October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso_hide][hupso title="Historic @walmart agreement continues to make waves..." url="https://ciw-online.org/?post=18155"] Op/Ed in Orlando Sentinel by Dean of RAND Graduate School for Public Policy, high profile piece in Time's NYSE Magazine keep news of the historic agreement on the front page... As Walmart and Fair Food Standards Council personnel begin the hard, unglamorous work of implementing the latest Fair Food agreement on the ground, >> Read More

And now for something completely different…

Posted on February 6, 2014October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso_hide][hupso title="The best #SuperBowl ad you didn't see..." url="https://ciw-online.org/super-bowl-2014"] The best Super Bowl ad you didn't see (because its makers didn't have the millions of dollars needed to buy airtime)... This is a site dedicated to the fight to protect the human rights of farmworkers through the CIW's Campaign for Fair Food and the Fair Food Program. But from >> Read More

President Jimmy Carter, Michael Pollan — CIW, Fair Food Program receive high praise from high places!

Posted on February 3, 2014October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso_hide][hupso title="President Jimmy Cartner, @michaelpollan weigh in on #FairFoodProgram, historic @Walmart agreement!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=18108"] Walmart agreement, success of Fair Food Program subject of comments by former president, food movement leader... As the recent news out of Immokalee of the CIW's agreement with Walmart continues to reverberate through the food industry and through the world of human rights, high profile observers continue >> Read More

Spring action announced!: The “Now is the Time” Tour hits the road March 5-15, 2014…

Posted on January 29, 2014October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso_hide][hupso title="SPRING ACTION ANNOUNCED! #NowIsTheTime Tour hits the rd this March " url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=18047"] Check out the official "Now is the Time" Tour website! Ten-day, ten-city tour to take farmworkers, allies to Wendy's home state of Ohio, then back to Florida with a last stop in Publix's hometown of Lakeland... Stops along the way to include actions in major cities, >> Read More

How long, Publix? Not long, because…

Posted on January 24, 2014October 16, 2020 by CIW

Over 100 farmworkers and allies hold moving vigil outside flagship Publix store in Lakeland in wake of Walmart agreement; Tampa Bay Times editorial: "With Whole Foods, Trader Joe's and Wal-Mart now participating in the program, there is no reason Publix should not join its grocery competitors in helping to raise pay and improve working conditions in Florida's tomato fields." Following last >> Read More