Category: Fair Food Program to the Fore: November 2012 – October 2013

Holiday season sparks reflections on Campaign for Fair Food in national media…

... grocers and consumers alike called on to "give thanks for those hands who struggle day in and day out in Florida’s fields to produce the meal before you." In most cases, retail companies that sign Fair Food agreements tend to go about the business of implementing those agreements rather quietly. The Bon Appetit Management Co., which joined the Program >> Read More

Luxury island off Sarasota coast sees first Publix protest…

Exclusive Longboat Key plays host to sizeable action for Fair Food at latest Publix store opening! Longboat Key is a beautiful, exclusive island community on Florida's gulf coast that's home to miles of crystalline, white sand beaches, some of the area's priciest real estate, and celebrities from Wimbeldon champion Maria Sharapova to Aerosmith's lead guitarist Joe Perry. With a median >> Read More
Spring action announced! CIW, allies to march 150 miles to Lakeland in March for Rights, Respect and Fair Food!

Spring action announced! CIW, allies to march 150 miles to Lakeland in March for Rights, Respect and Fair Food!

2/20/2000: The two-week, 230-mile "March for Dignity, Dialogue, and a Fair Wage" (right) begins in Ft. Myers... ... 3/3/2013: Join us as we take to the streets again for the two-week "March for Rights, Respect and Fair Food" from Ft. Myers to Lakeland, Florida! The Fair Food movement began nearly thirteen years ago, in February of 2000, when farmworkers from >> Read More
Publix holiday video catches the attention of national media…

Publix holiday video catches the attention of national media…

... while last week's protest at Naples, Florida store opening (above) keeps local pressure on Florida supermarket giant! The outstanding new, two-minute video from the Campaign for Fair Food, "A Tale of Two Holidays," has caught the attention of some of the largest, and oldest, national media outlets -- new media giant the Huffington Post and the oldest continuously-published weekly >> Read More

Pennies from Heaven…

Lakeland Churches Run Symbolic Penny & Prayer Drive to Urge Publix to Join Fair Food Program Between the launch of "A Tale of Two Holidays" and the Thanksgiving Week of Action, the Campaign for Fair Food has ridden into December on a powerful wave of support. Our flagship video is continuing to make the rounds, meriting kudos in the Twitterverse from both >> Read More
Encore!

Encore!

Two weeks ago, as families across the country gathered in preparation for Thanksgiving, the Campaign for Fair Food released a powerful new video highlighting the unconscionable poverty of our nation's farmworkers and calling on Publix to join the unprecedented partnership among farmworkers, growers, consumers, and retail food corporations that is taking root today through the Fair Food Program. The video >> Read More
CIW’s Nely Rodriguez recognized for leadership

CIW’s Nely Rodriguez recognized for leadership

CIW's Nely Rodriguez recognized for leadership in struggle for farmworker rights! Rodriguez selected to be highlighted in WGCU Public Media's "multi-platform project Makers: Women Who Make Southwest Florida. Inspired by the PBS national project makers.com"... For anyone who has watched the CIW's Nely Rodriguez over the past several years -- speaking at CIW events, heading up the CIW's Women's Group >> Read More
More from Thanksgiving Week of Action!

More from Thanksgiving Week of Action!

More pics, more video, more media from the Thanksgiving Week of Action! Brown University students gather for a tour of Stop & Shop stores in the Providence, RI, area, where they met with managers and distributed informational flyers on the Fair Food Program to customers with the headline "We're thankful for the workers who harvest our food. Is Stop & >> Read More

What are you waiting for?…

(click on the expand icon -- the four arrows in the bottom right corner -- for optimal viewing) Sign the change.org petition today to demand justice from Publix for the workers who pick their tomatoes! First of all, let us begin by saying that we hope you had a wonderful, and peaceful, Thanksgiving surrounded by family and friends (though we >> Read More