Category: Expanding the Fair Food Program: November 2014 – December 2015

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Tipping Point, Vol. 3: Presbyterian Church USA calls on Publix and other companies to follow lead of Ahold USA!

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 [caption id="attachment_22486" align="aligncenter" width="507"] Rev. Noelle Damico represents the Presbyterian Church (USA) at the 2014 March on Wendy's Headquarters.  Members of the Presbyterian Church USA has been marching alongside farmworkers since 2002.[/caption] "My prayer is that Kroger, Wendy’s and Publix will also join and that there will come a day when we know that behind every tomato we buy stands a >> Read More

Tipping Point, Vol. 2: “I will now make better and more informed choices when shopping… and will take my business elsewhere.”

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 [caption id="attachment_14209" align="aligncenter" width="530"] Long-time Publix customers joining farmworkers for a protest outside the Florida grocer in 2013.  In spite of its popularity  in the state of Florida, Publix's indefensible rejection of the Fair Food Program is costing the company countless once-loyal customers.[/caption] Former producer of Publix video advertisements and longtime customer is "appalled" by grocer's rejection of Fair Food Program, pledges support >> Read More
Tipping Point: Ahold signing, CBS Sunday Morning story pull rug out from under Publix, Kroger, Wendy’s in their fight to turn back Fair Food!

Tipping Point: Ahold signing, CBS Sunday Morning story pull rug out from under Publix, Kroger, Wendy’s in their fight to turn back Fair Food!

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 [caption id="attachment_21073" align="aligncenter" width="525"] Consumers stand alongside farmworkers outside of one of Florida's first Publix stores in Lakeland, Florida (2013).   In the wake of the Ahold signing and the recent CBS Sunday Morning story on the Fair Food Program, the arc is bending ever more forcefully, and companies like Publix, Kroger, and Wendy's are hearing it from their customers.[/caption] Amidst >> Read More
CBS News Sunday Morning: “How the Fair Food Program is making a difference for struggling migrant farm workers…”

CBS News Sunday Morning: “How the Fair Food Program is making a difference for struggling migrant farm workers…”

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 Following powerful CBS story, viewers take to social media to call out Publix for "unconscionable" refusal to join FFP...Yesterday morning, as they do every week, millions of viewers across the U.S. tuned into CBS News Sunday Morning, but this time they were in for a rare treat on network television: an excellent, in-depth report on the CIW's Fair Food Program.  Brought to us by correspondent Mark Strassmann >> Read More

THIS SUNDAY: CBS News Sunday Morning to feature Fair Food Program!

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  Peabody Award-winning morning news show to broadcast feature on Fair Food Program, agreement with Ahold USA! We've just received the exciting news that tomorrow, Sunday, August 9th, the Fair Food Program will be the featured "cover story" on the venerable CBS News show Sunday Morning, one of the country's most-watched news programs with an audience of over 6.5 million viewers!  The show will air at 9 >> Read More

Worker-to-worker education team wraps up first summer of Fair Food Program expansion in Virginia, New Jersey!

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 [caption id="attachment_22372" align="aligncenter" width="443"] Tomato harvesters in Cedarville, New Jersey take home "Know Your Rights" booklets after the state's first Fair Food Program education session.[/caption] Local tomato harvesters on the Fair Food Program:  "We've never seen anything like this in New Jersey..."Just two short months ago, the Fair Food Program's worker-to-worker education team broke new ground outside the state of Florida with labor >> Read More

Ahold agreement sparks major buzz in mainstream media, Twitter!

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 Take Part: "Buying ethical tomatoes just got a whole lot easier"...Wednesday's big announcement of the CIW's newest Fair Food agreement caused quite a stir in the media, mainstream and otherwise, as Ahold became the first mainline grocer to join the award-winning Fair Food Program.  From the Washington Post to Eva Longoria, everyone had something to say about the breakthrough agreement. >> Read More
BREAKING NEWS: “A Giant step forward for farmworkers!”… Ahold, parent company to Giant, Stop & Shop, and Peapod, joins Fair Food Program!

BREAKING NEWS: “A Giant step forward for farmworkers!”… Ahold, parent company to Giant, Stop & Shop, and Peapod, joins Fair Food Program!

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[hupso title="BREAKING NEWS: Ahold USA becomes first major US grocer to participate in acclaimed @FairFoodProgram!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/07/ahold-agreement/"][caption id="attachment_22339" align="aligncenter" width="619"] Gerardo Reyes Chavez of CIW (left) and Felis Andrade of Giant Food place a Fair Food sign next to tomatoes in Giant’s O Street store in Washington DC. Photo credit: Helena Coutinho[/caption]Ahold:  "The Fair Food Program is a time-tested leader in >> Read More

“Tear down the wall!”…

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[hupso title="Tear down the wall! @DisciplesGA leaders march on @Wendy's in Columbus, OH!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/07/tear-down-the-wall/"]Over 100 Disciples of Christ (Christian Church) leaders march on Wendy's in Columbus, Ohio, call on Wendy's to tear down the wall keeping the fast-food leader from joining the top human rights program in the US food industry today!As announced last week, when leaders of the Disciples of Christ >> Read More