Fair Food Program

Landmark medical study finds farmworker mothers employed on Fair Food Program farms give birth to healthier babies — including a 10% reduction in low-birth-weight births New health study on the Fair Food Program: Using restricted birth records data from the National Vital Statistics System from 2006 to 2018, we show that the adoption of the Fair Food Program was assoc...

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The study’s bottom line is simple: better pay, safer working conditions, and reduced stress during pregnancy translate directly into healthier mothers and healthier children. @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social

CIW visits University of Michigan as national interest surges for universities to join the FFP 2019 University of Michigan Advisory Committee report: “The Fair Food Program is the most comprehensive social responsibility program in the U.S.

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Nola De Graaf, a current student at the University of Michigan: “The best part of this program is that it is an organization that amplifies the voices of workers, not attempting to speak over them but rather making them the forefront of the organization..."

New book explores how the CIW and Fair Food Program have become a global inspiration Will Work for Food: With a combination of education, monitoring, and enforcement, the Fair Food Program and the CIW have provided fertile ground for both preventing and addressing sexual violence in t...

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Will Work for Food: “With a combination of education, monitoring, and enforcement, the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social and the CIW have provided fertile ground for both preventing and addressing sexual violence in the workplace.”

Your donation today will help the Fair Food Program shine for all the world to see in 2026 Dear Fair Food Allies, As the year-end giving season comes to a close, we cannot thank you enough for your generous support. Together, we have accomplished so much.

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Without you, there would be no Fair Food Program—only a deferred dream of dignity for farmworkers forced instead to endure daily exploitation in the fields. Please consider making a one-time year-end contribution by December 31.

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In the new year, we are committed to building on the momentum of the past few years and accelerating the expansion of the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social, so that farmworkers everywhere can experience a new day of human rights in agriculture.

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From the mouths of babes: Children’s letters to the CIW, farmworkers too good not to share this holiday season! As the year comes to a close, we want to share something with the rest of the Fair Food community that has deeply moved all of us here in Immokalee. Students from All Saints Catholic School recently t...

As the year comes to a close, we want to share something with the rest of the Fair Food community that has deeply moved all of us here in Immokalee.

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Farmworkers Are Frequently Exploited. But Few Farms Participate in a Program That Experts Say Could Prevent Abuse. Experts say the Fair Food Program has helped improve conditions for farmworkers. But farms and produce buyers across the country have resisted joining.

Experts say the Fair Food Program has helped improve conditions for farmworkers who are vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. But farms and produce buyers across the country have resisted joining.

My latest for @propublica.org takes a close look at the program: www.propublica.org/article/fair...

Farmworkers Are Frequently Exploited. But Few Farms Participate in a Program That Experts Say Could Prevent Abuse. Experts say the Fair Food Program has helped improve conditions for farmworkers. But farms and produce buyers across the country have resisted joining.

Read the feature piece on the transformative impact of the Fair Food Program by @propublica.org here: www.propublica.org/article/fair...

New ProPublica Feature Article: How the Fair Food Program benefits workers and growers alike ProPublica on the Fair Food Program: ...The Fair Food Program’s protections currently extend to more than 20,000 farmworkers in nearly half of all states. It has led to workers getting paid more than ...

Jon Esformes, CEO Pacific Tomato Growers and first major grower to join the FFP: “I’m not sitting here with my head in the sand saying we were squeaky clean before. We knew there were problems. We wanted them fixed.”

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By donating $50 to $100 today, you can help ensure that 1 to 3 farmworker families have access to affordable groceries for the week. If you’re in a position to give more, you will help us make an even greater impact for the people who feed our country.

Kick off the holiday season of giving with a gift for farmworkers’ rights!

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2025: A Tale of Two Thanksgivings This Thanksgiving, you can help sustain the groundbreaking advances we’ve achieved through the Fair Food Program, and give thanks for the women and men who put food on your Thanksgiving table, by beco...

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This Thanksgiving, you can help sustain the groundbreaking advances we’ve achieved through the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social, and give thanks for the women and men who put food on your Thanksgiving table, by becoming a Fair Food Sustainer

Fair Food Program adaptation in India gains steam as sugarcane workers nationwide gather to discuss WSR Ganga Sekar, a coordinator of ISWA: By coming together, sugar workers break the silence around long-standing abuses and begin to build the trust, confidence, and collective voice needed to support a r...

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Ganga Sekar, a coordinator of ISWA: “By coming together, sugar workers break the silence around long-standing abuses and begin to build the trust, confidence, and collective voice needed to support a rights-based program like the Fair Food Program.”

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Take a look inside the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social's expansion in South Africa, and read about the intensive training for the Program's human rights investigators and educators!

An update on Marco Guevara and his family… We want to quickly take a moment to thank everyone who has so generously supported Marco Antonio Hernández Guevara’s family during this heartbreaking time. Last month, Mr. Guevara, a farmworker based ...

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Thanks to the generosity of nearly 500 donors, we have already raised over $26,000. These funds are now in the process of being transferred directly to Mr. Guevara’s widow to help with the many unexpected expenses the family is facing...

Employers Have Exploited and Abused H-2A Farmworkers for Years. It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way. The seasonal visa program has failed to protect migrant farmworkers from wage theft, forced labor, violence and death. Experts, lawyers and advocates say there are ways to reduce and even stop the har...

And read the second piece, which singles out the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social as the only proven solution here: www.propublica.org/article/h-2a...

Heat-stress protection protocols for farm workers save lives in the fields  - FreshFruitPortal.com In the absence of a federally mandated heat-stress protocol, initiatives like The Fair Food Program provide protection and business-savvy options.

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"...t’s not only common sense to protect the workforce, but it’s also a good business decision. Consumers are increasingly aware of the origins of their food and are willing to make financial decisions that support suppliers who align with their values..."

Heat-stress protection protocols for farm workers save lives in the fields  - FreshFruitPortal.com In the absence of a federally mandated heat-stress protocol, initiatives like The Fair Food Program provide protection and business-savvy options.

The life-saving "heat-illness protection protocol US agriculture deserves" found within the Fair Food Program are featured by Fresh Fruit Portal today.

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2024 FFP “State of the Program” Report — Part 3: Understanding the FFP’s unique market-based enforcement model Farmworker on an FFP participating farm: “More important than the money, which I need, was the feeling of dignity when my labor – the buckets I harvested – was recognized.

For part 3 of our series highlighting key sections of the FFP’s recently released 2024 “State of the Program” report, we want to hone in on one of the features of the FFP model that sets it apart as the “new gold standard” in human rights enforcement today.

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2024 FFP “State of the Program” Report — Part 2: Measuring the Fair Food difference in the fields Fair Food Program reaches major landmark: Over $50 million in Fair Food Premium — aka the Penny per Pound — has been paid by Participating Buyers to improve farmworkers' income on participating farms.

Fair Food Program reaches major landmark: Over $50 million in Fair Food Premium — aka the “Penny per Pound” — has been paid by Participating Buyers to improve farmworkers’ income on participating farms.

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RELEASED: 2024 FFP “State of the Program” Report — Part 1: How a human rights program, born in Immokalee, went global State of the Program report: Now, fourteen years since its inception, the FFP has entered into a phase of truly dramatic expansion: During 2024 and 2025, the Program’s protections will reach thousands...

As the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social continues to ramp up its national expansion — while simultaneously growing its international footprint, as well — the Fair Food Standards Council (FFSC) has released its latest report on the FFP.

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Civil Eats’ feature article on Fair Food Program’s heat protections wins coveted James Beard Award! Grey Moran, in acceptance speech for James Beard Award: “I encourage everyone here who procures food to check out the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ Fair Food Program.

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From everyone in the CIW and FFP, we want to congratulate @greymoran.bsky.social on their well-deserved recognition! @civileats.com

Huge congratulations to @greymoran.bsky.social on winning a James Beard Award for coverage of the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social and its life-saving heat stress protections!

Congratulations to former Staff Reporter @greymoran.bsky.social‬, who received a James Beard Foundation Media Award for excellence in Health and Wellness for their Civil Eats reporting on the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social‬. #JBFA 🎉

Read Moran’s award-winning story. ➡️ buff.ly/RAf1W8D

How the Fair Food Program guarantees unparalleled protections for farmworkers Fair Food Program Sustainer Drive, Week 2: We take a look under the hood of the FFP to see how all the moving parts — including the CIW’s consumer allies and Sustainers like you — work together to set...

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Today, we take a look under the hood of the FFP to see how all the moving parts — including the CIW’s consumer allies and Sustainers like you — work together to set the “new gold standard” for enforcing fundamental human rights in global supply chains.

Why You Should Become a Fair Food Sustainer YouTube video by CIWvideo

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Our national network of consumer allies has helped author one of the most compelling human rights stories of our generation, and our work together has just begun.

DONATE TO BECOME A SUSTAINER of the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social: fairfoodprogram.org/donate/

CIW spoke at Yale Architecture last month and we have the highlights (video) Yale University’s School of Architecture holds powerful conference on forced labor in the built environment and invited the Fair Food Program to share its insights from the Worker-driven Social Respon...

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In April, Yale University’s School of Architecture held powerful conference on forced labor in the "built environment" and invited the Fair Food Program to share its insights from the Worker-driven Social Responsibility (WSR) experience

Very honored to be a James Beard Award finalist for a story about the really incredible farmworker organizing of @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social 🎈

Worker-to-worker education has always been an essential ingredient of the Fair Food Program’s unique success.

These education sessions happen on-the-clock, each season, with staff members of the CIW engaging farmworkers on their rights and responsibilities under the FFP.

Farmworker and CIW staff member Lupe Gonzalo recently spoke at a conference on food sustainability at Yale University. Speaking from her firsthand experiences in the fields, Gonzalo made the case that true sustainability in food systems begins with empowering and protecting farmworkers.