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Drumbeat grows louder for FFP as proven solution for Time’s Up movement!

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  The Nation: "When it comes to creating a workplace where women are empowered to report sexual harassment—and receive justice rather than retaliation when they do so—the farmworkers of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) offer a proven model..." The list of publications connecting the dots between the Time's Up movement and the CIW's Fair Food Program -- the former >> Read More

Media round-up! The Nation, Civil Eats turn spotlight on Fair Food…

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[caption id="attachment_23026" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Fair Food allies march with farmworkers in New York to the office of Wendy's Board Chairman, Nelson Peltz last month.[/caption]The Nation: "If the Coalition’s track record is any indication, Peltz had better get to the negotiating table..."If the first month of the 2015-16 agricultural season was any indication, the Fair Food Program is in for a big >> Read More

The Nation, Ozy weigh in on the Fair Food Program!

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[caption id="attachment_26858" align="aligncenter" width="600"] A farmworker harvesting grape tomatoes on a Fair Food Program farm.[/caption] "The Coalition’s work has implications for what we eat, how we define sustainability and who should be accountable for workplace abuse..." The news out of Immokalee of last week's groundbreaking agreement with Walmart -- an agreement that not only added Walmart's unequaled market power to >> Read More