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New York Times talks sexual harassment in the fields, letter cites Fair Food Program’s unique success in preventing abuse!

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Sanjay Rawal, director of "Food Chains," in letter to editor of NYT: "The problem is real. But so is the solution — and it deserves mention."Earlier this month, the New York Times published a hard-hitting op/ed by two longtime California-based farmworker rights activists, Jose Padilla of California Rural Legal Assistance and David Bacon, an independent author and photojournalist.  The piece, >> Read More

Lakeland students to Publix: “We will not continue to let this happen where Publix has its headquarters!”

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Dozens of Lakeland community members and Southeastern University students watch "Food Chains," lead candlelight vigil outside Publix store in company's hometown...In a powerful evening of reflection and action, students and community members of the central Florida city of Lakeland, Florida -- Publix's corporate hometown and the site of six years’ worth of Fair Food marches, rallies, and fasts -- gathered to express their >> Read More

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

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[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

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

Mailbag! A letter from the Fair Food Nation to Immokalee…

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[hupso title="Inspired by @FoodChainsFilm, DC middle schoolers sell lemonade for farmworker justice!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/05/mailbag-middle-school/"] Inspired by "Food Chains," DC middle schoolers sell lemonade for farmworker justice! "Fair" is one of the first words we learn when we need to distinguish right from wrong in the world.  "That's not fair!" is a universal childhood lament that echoes across playgrounds, streets, and backyards around the country and across generations.  Indeed, children come >> Read More

WINNER: Food Chains wins 2015 James Beard Award for Documentary Film!

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[hupso title="WINNER: @FoodChainsFilm wins 2015 James Beard Award for Documentary!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/04/james-beard-win/"] Enough said... Last month we told you that Food Chains, the powerful new documentary about farmworker exploitation and the CIW's Campaign for Fair Food, had been nominated for the prestigious James Beard Award, the food world's top award, also known as the "Oscars of Food."   Well, last week at >> Read More

Largest screening yet! 300 attend Burlington screening of “Food Chains”…

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[hupso title="Largest screening yet! 300 attend Burlington screening of @FoodChainsFilm... @MigrantJustice" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/04/burlington-food-chains/"] [caption id="attachment_21748" align="aligncenter" width="611"] 300 in the audience at the University of Vermont for the "Food Chains" screening on April 1st[/caption]   Green Mountain State ripe for Fair Food, shows swell of support for CIW and local dairy workers... In honor of Farmworker Awareness Week at the end of last month, the >> Read More

“Food Chains” nominated for prestigious James Beard Award, hits No. 1 on iTunes on same day!

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[hupso title=".@FoodChainsFilm nominated for prestigious James Beard Award, hits #1 on iTunes!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/03/james-beard/"] [caption id="attachment_21626" align="aligncenter" width="600"] A screen capture from the iTunes documentary chart from March 24, 2015.[/caption] Hit documentary on Fair Food movement still making waves months after release with sixty screenings scheduled across the country for Farmworker Awareness Week and a great new article on nationalgeographic.com While >> Read More

Bits and pieces from the Fair Food front as preparations ramp up for next month’s big action!

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[hupso title="#FairFood news round-up ahead of March 21 Concert & Parade! #CFF15" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/02/huffpo-talkpov/"] [caption id="attachment_21259" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Parade/Concert flyers (shown front and back here above) are starting to circulate as word of mouth builds ahead of next month's big action in St. Pete. Check in next week for the official announcement of the huge, Grammy-winning line up![/caption] As we round >> Read More

Reactions to Presidential Medal nod to CIW history, power of Fair Food Program…

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[hupso title="Reactions to Presidential Medal nod to @CIW history, power of @FairFoodProgram" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2015/02/reactions-presidential-medal/"] From the mainstream media to the blogosphere to twitter, news of the CIW's reception of the Presidential Medal for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking traveled far and wide last week, and we've collected some of the highlights for you here. Let's start with the Ft. Myers >> Read More