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Eva Longoria: “I think it’s important for us to get out the message about people who are doing it right.”

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[hupso title="VIDEO: @EvaLongoria's exclusive endorsement of the @FairFoodProgram from the @FoodChainsFilm team!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/11/eva-ffp/"]   "Let's buy Florida tomatoes"...  FOOD CHAINS crew releases exclusive new video endorsement of the Fair Food Program and the Florida tomato industry by Executive Director Eva Longoria! With the national theatrical run of the exciting new documentary "Food Chains" just days away, Executive Producer Eva Longoria and the film >> Read More
As its national release nears, “Food Chains” messaging comes into focus…

As its national release nears, “Food Chains” messaging comes into focus…

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[hupso title="As Nov 21 release nears, @FoodChainsFilm messaging comes into focus... @FairFoodProgram" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/11/food-chains-ffp/"] In a scene that didn't make the final cut of the film, Walmart joins the Fair Food Program. Documentary a chance for broader audience to learn about the extraordinary success story taking shape in Florida's fields... "Food Chains" is a film about many things.  Its lens takes >> Read More

Bill Maher, Eva Longoria talk “Food Chains,” Fair Food Program on HBO’s Real Time!

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[hupso title="VIDEO: .@BillMaher, @EvaLongoria talk @FairFoodProgram on @RealTimers!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/11/maher-eva/"] HBO show highlights Fair Food Program as "Food Chains" readies for Nov. 21 release... Fair Food activists tuning into HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher were in for a real treat last Friday night, as "Food Chains" Executive Producer Eva Longoria joined Maher for an extended interview on the upcoming documentary, the plight of >> Read More

Updates: Human rights crisis in Mexico and “Food Chains” release countdown begins…

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"Enough!  Mexico Is Ready to Explode"... Two weeks ago we brought you an extended analysis of the human rights crisis in Mexico and its impact on the agricultural industry there.  In a post entitled "Fear and Fair Cannot Coexist," we wrote: Mass graves.  Horribly disfigured corpses.  Police complicity in the ultraviolence of all-powerful drug gangs. Since 2005, stories like these >> Read More
New Fair Food Label takes off!

New Fair Food Label takes off!

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[hupso title="NEW POST: @FairFoodProgram labels takes off! Media & social media roundup..." url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/10/label-media/"] Excerpt of Kerry Kennedy, President of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, speaking on Huffington Post Live about the Fair Food label on Food Day.  To watch the full interview, click here. New Fair Food Program label a huge hit in print and social media on Food Day...  The Fair Food >> Read More

“We have waited nearly five years before revealing this label to the world today…”

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[hupso title="The @FairFoodProgram Label is here! RT to join the#FairFoodNation & @FoodChainsFilm movement" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/10/the-label/"] CIW releases long-awaited Fair Food Label! After four seasons of careful implementation of its unique model of worker-driven social responsibility, including the last three seasons across more than 90% of Florida's $650 million tomato industry, the CIW is unveiling today the first-ever Fair Food Program label (above).  Its release truly marks a major >> Read More

This Friday, help us spread the word as we launch the first-ever consumer label of the Fair Food Program!

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[hupso title="The @FairFoodProgram Label is here! RT to join the #FairFoodNation & @FoodChainsFilm movement" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/10/foodday/"]   This Friday, let’s make this Food Day the first-ever Fair Food Day! There are few food labels in the world with a history as deep -- or a human rights program as remarkable -- as the new Fair Food Program label, ready for its big >> Read More

Exclusive new clip, Oscar buzz, more… Let’s check in on “Food Chains” one month out from Nov. 21 national release!

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[hupso title="EXCLUSIVE new clip of @FoodChainsFilm, oscar buzz, & more ahead of #Thanksgiving release! " url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/10/oscar-buzz/"] [caption id="attachment_20309" align="aligncenter" width="581"] Please click above to view an exclusive clip of "Food Chains" on Indiewire! We apologize for not being able to embed the video directly.[/caption] Film industry starting to take notice as Indiewire, Awards Circuit run stories on "Food Chains" ahead of >> Read More

Divestment? Now there’s an interesting idea for a campaign…

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[hupso title="#Divestment? Now there's an interesting idea for a campaign... @Wendys @FoodChainsFilm @FairFoodProgram" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/10/divestment/"] The exciting new documentary "Food Chains" is having an impact even before it's released, prompting one Berlin Film Festival goer to divest 50,000 shares in Wendy's after seeing the film... Well this was a surprise.  And a thought-provoking one at that. This week, news reached the CIW >> Read More
Must-see new video puts the Fair Food Program at center stage!

Must-see new video puts the Fair Food Program at center stage!

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[hupso title="NEW VIDEO: Fair Food Program OFFICIAL video now available!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/10/ffp-video/"]   New video a preview of things to come this fall as the Fair Food Program gets ready for prime time... It has been quietly taking shape in Florida's fields for four seasons now, laying a foundation, building its track record, and reinforcing its gains.  Through the painstaking efforts of over >> Read More