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CNN on FFP, Part III: “When we get calls from outside the Fair Food Program, it is heartbreaking”…

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CNN Freedom Project: "There are roughly 30,000 people currently working on Fair Food Program farms and receiving all the protections and benefits outlined in the agreements.  But, there's still a long way to go to bringing the rest of the country onboard."Today we bring you the third and final installment of the extraordinary CNN report on the Fair Food Program, >> Read More

$3.5 million judgment closes books on yet another forced labor case in Florida’s fields…

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[caption id="attachment_25355" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The Ft. Myers, Florida, courthouse pictured here, where the judgment was handed down earlier this month, stands less than an hour's drive from the fields where workers were threatened with guns and sexually assaulted by their field boss.[/caption] Newest case marks ninth forced labor operation brought to justice by CIW's Anti-Slavery Program since 1997, demonstrates enduring perils >> Read More

European governments take note of Fair Food Program’s power to resolve longstanding human rights conflicts…

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Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) publishes brief on Fair Food Program in quarterly magazine...In an effort to provide a forum for economic cooperation and reduce tensions during the height of the Cold War, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) was formed in 1975 in Helsinki, Finland.  Since then, it has expanded to include 57 member states -- >> Read More

National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month marked by sentencing in FFP forced labor prosecution…

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In one of his last official acts in office, President Obama signed an eloquent statement on the scourge of slavery that has plagued this country, in one form or another, for centuries, declaring January "National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month."  The statement began:BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATIONOur Nation wrestled with the issue of >> Read More

“Human Trafficking: 6 Solutions that Are Working”…

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Following a 14-part global series on labor trafficking, Christian Science Monitor picks six "solutions that are working," and the Fair Food Program tops the list!Last Thanksgiving week, Christian Science Monitor published an in-depth article on the exploitation of farmworkers in the US and the unprecedented progress that has taken place in Florida's fields thanks to the Fair Food Program.  That >> Read More