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“Waiting for El Colibrí”… Proceeds from new children’s book inspired by trip to Immokalee to benefit Fair Food movement!

“Waiting for El Colibrí”… Proceeds from new children’s book inspired by trip to Immokalee to benefit Fair Food movement!

Author and Ally Dr. Kerry Olitzky will donate proceeds from his new children's book,Waiting for El Colibrí, available in both English and Spanish! For more than 30 years, the CIW has been fortunate to count a wide variety of exceptionally talented writers, photographers, filmmakers, and artists among our ever-growing cadre of allies.  Their participation has contributed immeasurably to the extraordinary tradition of >> Read More
“Hidden in Plain Sight: The Fair Food Programme as best practice for addressing forced labour”

“Hidden in Plain Sight: The Fair Food Programme as best practice for addressing forced labour”

  Researchers: "[Worker-driven Social Responsibility]... is already proving to be an adaptable and resilient model for addressing forced labour in supply chains." "It is time to apply the lessons of a model that has been 'right under our noses.'"     In an article for United Nations University publication "Delta 8.7" (the name is a reference to Target 8.7 of  the >> Read More
Announcing The First Fair Food Sponsor in the Nation’s Capital!

Announcing The First Fair Food Sponsor in the Nation’s Capital!

Each Peach Market to become D.C.’s first Fair Food Sponsor, first small independent grocery to commit to groundbreaking farmworker human rights program     Mt. Pleasant grocery store to support Fair Food Program, leading human rights program in U.S. agriculture WASHINGTON, DC, June 3, 2021 – Each Peach Market and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) will launch a partnership >> Read More
Anita Hill-led Hollywood Commission announces collaboration with the CIW, Fair Food Program!

Anita Hill-led Hollywood Commission announces collaboration with the CIW, Fair Food Program!

[caption id="attachment_34213" align="aligncenter" width="787"] Anita Hill, Chair of the Hollywood Commission. PHOTO: Gage Skimore[/caption] Anita Hill, Chair of the Hollywood Commission: “There are myriad lessons for Hollywood to glean from the approach, execution and success of CIW and the Fair Food Program in eradicating sexual harassment from an industry devoid of accountability and rife with abuse...” Today, we are thrilled >> Read More
BIG NEWS: Actor, Comedian and Fair Food champion Amy Schumer joins May 1st Concert line up!

BIG NEWS: Actor, Comedian and Fair Food champion Amy Schumer joins May 1st Concert line up!

[caption id="attachment_30891" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Amy Schumer (center, red scarf) joins farmworkers and their families for a group photo during the 2019 Boycott Wendy's March in New York City.[/caption] PLUS: Zapoteca hip hop star Mare Advertencia Lirika and Los Altepee also join all-star line-up for May Day Concert! Just in case you were not yet sure how to spend May Day >> Read More
Fair Food Program expands to hundreds more farmworkers in the Volunteer State!

Fair Food Program expands to hundreds more farmworkers in the Volunteer State!

Newest Fair Food Program participating grower, Smoky Mountain Family Farms, expands operations in Tennessee, expanding the groundbreaking protections of the Fair Food Program to hundreds of new workers in the process... PLUS: CIW holds inaugural education session with Bloomia workers in Virginia!    Bloomia Health and Safety Manager, Soraya Buckner, introducing the FFP Education Team: "This is a special group >> Read More
Investors rise up: Responsible investors “representing $1 trillion dollars in assets under management urge Wendy’s to join the Fair Food Program”!

Investors rise up: Responsible investors “representing $1 trillion dollars in assets under management urge Wendy’s to join the Fair Food Program”!

[caption id="attachment_34028" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Members of New York Fair Food gathered during last week's national Wendy's Boycott protests outside the Manhattan offices of hedge fund giant Trian Partners, Wendy’s largest institutional shareholder, to demand that Wendys honor its claims of social responsibility and join its fast-food competitors in embracing the Fair Food Program.[/caption] Over 100 responsible investors sign letter to Wendy's >> Read More
“Wendy’s ignores essential farmworkers” Week of Action reverberates throughout the Fair Food Nation!

“Wendy’s ignores essential farmworkers” Week of Action reverberates throughout the Fair Food Nation!

Fair Food allies in over two dozen cities — from San Francisco, California to Essex, Vermont — bring the fight for farmworker justice directly to Wendy's restaurants and top business partners!    What a whirlwind week for the Fair Food movement!  As thousands of farmworkers received their COVID-19 vaccine last week in Immokalee — after months of advocacy for an equitable >> Read More