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U.S. Mayors endorse Fair Food Program, call on more buyers to join!

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[hupso title="U.S. Mayors endorse @FairFoodProgram, call on more buyers to join!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/07/mayors-resolution/"] 275+ Mayors pass unanimous resolution: "Recognizing the Accomplishments of the Coalition of the Immokalee Workers and Calling for Awareness and Action to Address Issues Within the U.S. Farm Labor System"... Between reports from an action-filled summer in the Campaign for Fair Food, we have a brief but truly exciting news >> Read More

Hot off the digital press: A social media round-up and a beautiful new image for 21st century food justice!

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[hupso title=".@ClintonGlobal Citizen Award sparks surge of social media about @CIW & #FairFoodProgram..." url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/09/clinton-twitter/"] Clinton Global Citizen Award sparks surge of social media about @CIW and the #FairFoodProgram... Sunday’s Clinton Global Citizen Award ceremony in New York was a truly unforgettable celebration of the remarkable progress achieved in Florida’s fields through the Fair Food Program.  Over 1,000 people squeezed into the Sheraton ballroom in >> Read More

Lost in the flood: Two great stories on the FFP get left behind in deluge of big news…

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[hupso title="MUST READ: Two great stories on #FairFoodProgram from @SarasotaMagazin & @FoodChainsFilm" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/09/lost-in-flood"] With all the recent news surrounding the Clinton Global Citizen Award and the fast-approaching release of "Food Chains," some stories just get lost in the flood.  However, two such stories from recent days were too good leave behind forever, so we thought we'd take advantage of this brief break >> Read More

From the director’s chair: An update on the film “Food Chains”…

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[hupso title="NEW POST: Find out how YOU can bring @FoodChainsFilm to your community!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/09/food-chains-tugg/"]   See how you can organize to bring the film to your city, school, or place of worship this fall! As many readers of this site already know, the documentary Food Chains, which chronicles the CIW's battle for Fair Food and the issue of farm labor exploitation >> Read More

Second helpings from the Tribeca table…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="Second helpings from the @TribecaFilmFestival table..." url="https://ciw-online.org"] The CIW's whirlwind weekend at last month's Tribeca film festival produced a tremendous wave of news and events that we covered at the time in this post from the scene.  But in moments of fast-moving events like the premiere of the new documentary "Food Chains" -- which itself came on the heels of the >> Read More

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

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[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

A good couple of days for Fair Food… Part 2

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="Part 2 of @CIW's fruitful trip to #NYC! Plans for upcoming @FoodChainsFilm & fair blueberries" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=16914"] Following the exciting Roosevelt Medal ceremony, CIW team meets with allies on two important new fronts in the Fair Food movement! The photo above is a still from a compelling new documentary on farm labor in the United States entitled "Food Chains."  The >> Read More