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Nov. 21 Uniting for Fair Food Day of Action sweeps across Florida!

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From Georgia border to Southern beaches, Florida's consumers, farmworkers unite to demand justice from Publix, Wendy's... Back in November, we laid out the Fair Food Nation's big plans for the November 21st Uniting for Fair Food Day of Action.  CIW members and consumer allies promised to kick off the holiday season with one, clearcut demand:  justice — not charity — for farmworkers from the major food >> Read More

Food for Thought on Thanksgiving Eve…

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Christian Science Monitor takes a longform look at farm labor exploitation in the US, Fair Food Program progress in Florida's fields...With Thanksgiving just a day away -- and preparations for the holiday feast already well underway in homes across the country -- it is reasonable to pause for a moment to reflect on the fate of the men and women whose >> Read More

Nov. 21st: “Uniting for Fair Food” National Day of Action for the Thanksgiving season…

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As country prepares for Thanksgiving, Fair Food Nation prepares powerful call for justice from Publix, Wendy's...Fall is in the air, and as the end of November draws closer, people across the country are making travel plans and pulling out favorite family recipes for the big Thanksgiving meal on November 26th.For the Fair Food Nation, the central ingredients of that meal are not only the family >> Read More

‘Tis the season to… support the Fair Food Program education team!

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[hupso title="Tis the season to support the @FairFoodProgram education team! Help raise $10k for @CIW worker education team!" url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/11/ffp-fundraiser/"] [caption id="attachment_20179" align="aligncenter" width="595"] Farmworkers receive worker-to-worker education under the Fair Food Program on a Florida tomato farm.[/caption] Use #GivingTuesday and 2014's holiday season to help us raise $10,000 and underwrite CIW's crucial worker-to-worker education program... In one very important way, this >> Read More

“A Tale of Two Thanksgivings”: CIW take on Publix holiday commercials is becoming a Thanksgiving tradition in its own right…

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[hupso title="A Tale of Two Thanksgivings: @CIW take on @Publix holiday commercials..." url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/11/thanksgiving/"]   (Because of its split-screen format, this video is best watched in full-screen mode.  To do so, click play, then click on the square at the bottom right-hand corner of the video.) Before there was "Food Chains" -- the new documentary on the CIW's Campaign for Fair Food >> Read More

Zing! #PublixPilgrims Twitter party crashed by Fair Food Nation…

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[hupso title="ZING! #PublixPilgrims twitter party crashed by #FairFoodNation..." url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/11/publix-twitter-party/"] [caption id="attachment_20509" align="aligncenter" width="570"] One of the images used by Fair Food allies during Publix's Thanksgiving "Twitter Party"[/caption] Two can play the social media game, as dozens of allies join the conversation during Publix's Thanksgiving Twitter chat, trade recipes for justice rather than turkey! Every year, as soon as the calendar flips to November, a familiar fall >> Read More

Exclusive new clip, Oscar buzz, more… Let’s check in on “Food Chains” one month out from Nov. 21 national release!

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[hupso title="EXCLUSIVE new clip of @FoodChainsFilm, oscar buzz, & more ahead of #Thanksgiving release! " url="https://ciw-online.org/blog/2014/10/oscar-buzz/"] [caption id="attachment_20309" align="aligncenter" width="581"] Please click above to view an exclusive clip of "Food Chains" on Indiewire! We apologize for not being able to embed the video directly.[/caption] Film industry starting to take notice as Indiewire, Awards Circuit run stories on "Food Chains" ahead of >> Read More
Food movement voices weigh in on Fair Food on eve of harvest holiday…

Food movement voices weigh in on Fair Food on eve of harvest holiday…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="#FoodMovement voices from #FairFoodNation weigh in on #Thanksgiving! @BamCo @CivilEats" url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17380"] (The CIW's "Tale of Two Thanksgivings" is quickly becoming a holiday classic in its own right) With Thanksgiving now just two days out, our minds begin the inevitable turn away from the workday life and toward the 4 F's of our great American harvest celebration -- family, friends, >> Read More
A Tale of Two Thanksgivings, redux…

A Tale of Two Thanksgivings, redux…

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[hupso_hide][hupso title="New #Thanksgiving tradition: Don't miss @CIW's VIDEO, A Tale of Two Thanksgivings..." url="https://ciw-online.org/?p=17204"] With Thanksgiving now only two weeks away, it's time to drag out the projector, dust off the lens, gather 'round with loved ones and watch the old family movies... which, in the case of a Fair Food family, is "A Tale of Two Thanksgivings," the special, >> Read More
2012 Thanksgiving Week of Supermarket Action Report

2012 Thanksgiving Week of Supermarket Action Report

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Media links (scroll down for photos): The Independent Florida Alligator, "Activists protest outside Publix to push for better farmworker wages," 11/20/12 "... Many will be celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday with food, but some Gainesville activists are concerned about the hands that gather that feast. Members of the Gainesville Interfaith Alliance for Immigrant Justice, along with some students and local religious >> Read More