Tag: Eric Schlosser

Media round-up! The Nation, Civil Eats turn spotlight on Fair Food…

[caption id="attachment_23026" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Fair Food allies march with farmworkers in New York to the office of Wendy's Board Chairman, Nelson Peltz last month.[/caption]The Nation: "If the Coalition’s track record is any indication, Peltz had better get to the negotiating table..."If the first month of the 2015-16 agricultural season was any indication, the Fair Food Program is in for a big >> Read More

Bestselling authors Eric Schlosser, Tracie McMillan weigh in on Fair Food Program!

[hupso title="Bestselling authors Eric Schlosser, Tracie McMillan weigh in on @FairFoodProgram!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/07/schlosser-mcmillan-kiana/"]Schlosser: "Everyone who eats fruits and vegetables should care about the farmworkers who harvest these foods.  Our good health depends upon their hard labor..."Today, we have two excellent stories from the Fair Food network we'd like to share with you.  The first comes from two of the most respected voices on the country's food >> Read More
Lights, camera… Action!  Protesters pour into the streets following “Food Chains” screenings in Miami, New York, Washington DC, and more cities…

Lights, camera… Action! Protesters pour into the streets following “Food Chains” screenings in Miami, New York, Washington DC, and more cities…

[hupso title="Lights, Camera... ACTION! Protesters pour into streets following @FoodChainsFilm..." url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/11/food-chains-action/ "] [caption id="attachment_20603" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Over two hundred moviegoers hit the streets for a protest targeting Wendy's following a Saturday afternoon showing of the new documentary "Food Chains" in New York. Wendy's is the lone holdout among the fast-food giants to still refuse to join the CIW's Fair Food >> Read More

Entertainment Weekly gives “Food Chains” a plug, runs exciting new trailer!

[hupso_hide][hupso title="Short title" url="the URL"]   Countdown begins to big Thanksgiving Week release... Entertainment Weekly ran a piece yesterday in its "Inside Movies" column plugging the documentary "Food Chains" -- the film featuring the Campaign for Fair Food as a long-sought solution to the exploitation and abuse of this country's farmworkers -- highlighting the stars who contributed to the film, >> Read More

“Food Chains” private screenings in San Francisco, LA pack the house with food movement, farmworker organizing luminaries!

[hupso_hide][hupso title=".@FoodChainsFilm priv screenings in SF, LA pack the house!" url="https://ciw-online.org/"] San Francisco press calls film an "incredibly moving documentary"; Dolores Huerta pledges to "joyfully promote the film and the Fair Food campaign"!... [caption id="attachment_19891" align="aligncenter" width="550"] From left to right, Smriti Keshari (producer, "Food Chains"), former US Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, CIW co-founder Lucas Benitez, David Damian Figueroa (MALDEF, >> Read More

“If you can make it there”… New York embraces CIW, “Food Chains” at US premiere of new documentary!

[hupso_hide][hupso title="NY embraces @CIW, @FoodChainsFilm at @TribecaFilmFest!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=19310"] Eva Longoria headlines at Tribeca premiere, joins with New York Times to carry CIW all the way to #7 on the global Twitter trending list...  Last Friday, the New York Times featured -- on the front page and above the fold -- an excellent story on the CIW's Fair Food Program ("In Florida Tomato >> Read More

Countdown begins to Saturday premiere of “Food Chains” at Tribeca Film Festival in NYC!

[hupso_hide][hupso title="Countdown to @TribecaFilm begins! @FoodChainsFilm to premiere this week in #NYC..." url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=19276"] Tribeca Talks panel following premiere to feature Executive Producers Eva Longoria, Eric Schlosser and the CIW’s Gerardo Reyes… Here’s the media advisory, hot off the presses.  If you’re in the NYC area, we look forward to seeing you this weekend at the big premier!   U.S. PREMIERE >> Read More

Tribeca Film Festival makes “Food Chains” an official selection with screening set for April 26th in NYC!

[hupso_hide][hupso title="Documentary @FoodChainsFilm in OFFICIAL SELECTION for @TribecaFilmFest!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=18952"] Film also premiered in Mexico this past Sunday at Guadalajara Film Festival to packed house, huge press conference (pictured below), and wildly positive audience reaction! [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="550"] Jorge Camara (left, with mic) -- the renowned Mexican American journalist and past president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association -- moderates >> Read More

Fair Food movement takes Berlin by storm!

[hupso_hide][hupso title="CIW, @FoodChainsFilm takes @berlinale by storm!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?post=18202"] Compelling new documentary, "Food Chains," premieres at 2014 Berlin Film Festival to sold-out screenings, generates serious buzz at star-studded festival...   What happens when Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker, Golden Globe Award nominee Eva Longoria, best-selling author Eric Schlosser, and an incredibly talented and dedicated crew of filmmakers and producers join forces >> Read More

American history happens in a watermelon shed…

[hupso_hide][hupso title="World responds to @Walmart joining #FairFoodProgram! Press, statements, social media..." url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17932"] The world responds to news of the Walmart agreement! [caption id="attachment_17944" align="aligncenter" width="530"] A member of the Walmart delegation holds the Fair Food Program rights booklet during a meeting among CIW members, Florida tomato growers, Walmart representatives, and the Chairperson of the UN's Working Group on Business and >> Read More