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Out with the old…

Posted on January 6, 2014October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso_hide][hupso title="#HappyNewYear! Take a look back at #FairFoodNation during busy & wildly successful #2013 " url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17719"] Not so fast! We take a look back at 2013 -- the year the Fair Food Program proved its mettle and won acclaim from the White House to the United Nations -- before heading into what is sure to be a huge 2014... The >> Read More

A good couple of days for Fair Food… Part 2

Posted on October 24, 2013October 16, 2020 by CIW

[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

A good couple of days for Fair Food…

Posted on October 20, 2013September 26, 2020 by CIW

"Hope that a better world, a more humane world, was in fact possible..." Four Freedoms Medal ceremony, massive Wendy's protest, highlight week full of momentum in movement for Fair Food! “Somewhere we have heard that the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice… Today, for the first time in the history of the south, this >> Read More

It’s been an action-packed few days in New York City!

Posted on October 18, 2013October 16, 2020 by CIW

CIW honored in historic St. James Episcopal Church with Freedom from Want medal; 100+ turn out at New York Wendy's action! It has been a whirlwind of activity these past couple of days in New York -- such a whirlwind, in fact, that we have not had a free moment to share an update on all of the exciting things happening! Rest >> Read More

Join CIW members this week for the Roosevelt Four Freedoms Awards ceremony, Wendy’s action in New York!

Posted on October 15, 2013October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso_hide][hupso title=".@CIW heading up to #NYC for @rooseveltinst's Four Freedoms Award, plus @Wendys action!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=16838"] CIW heads to New York for full schedule of celebration and action: Freedom From Want Medal ceremony, Food Sovereignty Prize ceremony, and a Wendy's Action! After many months of anticipation, the CIW is on the road to the Big Apple for a week of celebration >> Read More

Willie Nelson, fellow Farm Aid artists, congratulate CIW on Roosevelt Four Freedoms Award!

Posted on September 20, 2013October 15, 2020 by CIW

[hupso_hide][hupso title=".@willienelson, @FarmAid congratulate @CIW on Freedom from Want Medal!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=16441"] Note underscores common vision of a just agricultural system "which benefits workers, as well as farmers and eaters --- in other words, all of us." Country legend and longtime food justice activist Willie Nelson wrote to the CIW last month with a powerful message of solidarity prompted >> Read More

Press Release: Wendell Berry, Paul Krugman, CIW comment on upcoming Four Freedoms Awards…

Posted on September 5, 2013October 16, 2020 by CIW

[hupso_hide][hupso title="CIW, Wendell Berry, Paul Krugman comment Upcoming #FourFreedoms Award in #NYC in Oct!" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=16129"] Roosevelt Institute announces time, place for October awards gala! The October 16th award ceremony in New York City is approaching, and this week the Roosevelt Institute issued a press release with details on the upcoming gala and quotations from the various laureates -- including novelist >> Read More

President Jimmy Carter writes letter to CIW following 2013 Roosevelt Freedom from Want Medal

Posted on July 10, 2013October 16, 2020 by CIW

"My hope is that this will become a model for social responsibility within the agricultural industry." Well-wishers from Michael Pollan to Mark Bittman weigh in after announcement of award... Last week's news of the CIW's selection for the Roosevelt Institute's Freedom from Want Medal brought many kind words of congratulations from around the worlds of human rights and food justice. Rather than >> Read More

A 4th to Remember: CIW honored as 2013 Four Freedoms Award Laureate!

Posted on July 2, 2013October 16, 2020 by CIW

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington D.C. Roosevelt Institute to award CIW representatives Freedom from Want Medal October 16 in NYC With Independence Day just around the corner, CIW members and Fair Food activists everywhere can celebrate with added cheer this year, as the CIW has been selected to receive the Roosevelt Institute's prestigious Freedom from Want Medal for 2013 in recognition of our >> Read More