Thanksgiving Week of Supermarket Action rings in the holiday season in style!

Actions across the country call on Publix, Kroger, and Ahold to get with the Fair Food Program — now!

Perhaps more than ever before in the 12-year history of the campaign, Thanksgiving this year was a celebration of Fair Food, as consumers and workers joined in actions across the state of Florida and across the nation demanding food justice from the supermarket industry.

First, the stunning video and accompanying change.org electronic petition, “A Tale of Two Thanksgivings,” caught the attention of food movement leaders — including bestselling author Michael Pollan and New York Times food writer Mark Bittman — and countless consumers, who let Publix CEO Ed Crenshaw know it is time that his company “be part of a proven model to address the root cause of farmworker poverty across Florida, and demonstrate that it values the hard work of farmworkers who make possible the food we share this holiday.” If you haven’t seen the video or signed the petition yourself yet, you can do so here.

Meanwhile, Fair Food committees from Lakeland, Florida, to Albuquerque, New Mexico, were busy taking the fight to their local supermarkets, with some creative and exciting protests as part of the Thanksgiving Week of Supermarket Action, and we have the pictures, video, and media reports to prove it!

From a raucous street theater outside a King Soopers (Kroger) store in Denver, Colorado…:

… to an impromptu visit to the produce aisle of a Washington, DC, Giant Food store…:

… to a dance for joy, and food justice, outside of a Publix in Phenix City, Alabama…:

… the action was wild and woolly across the Fair Food nation!

For more pictures, and links to videos and media reports from all the actions, click here.

Thanks to everyone who organized the Thanksgiving week actions, and check back soon for more!