Reposted by Fair Food ProgramCoalition of Immokalee Workers @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The Fair Food Program’s unparalleled heat protections keep making waves across the nation! Read more here: ciw-online.org/2026/08/fair... 072
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramCoalition of Immokalee Workers @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The Fair Food Program’s new electrolyte rule is making national headlines and the @fastcompany.com says the program is a “Win-Win-Win for Farmworkers, Growers, Buyers"! ciw-online.org/2026/08/fair... 054
Fair Food Program @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social · 12/08/2026@propublica.org reporter Max Blau writes that “the gold standard for preventing worker abuse is the Fair Food Program”. The solution exists. Together, we can make sure it reaches the hundreds of thousands of workers who still need it. fairfoodprogram.org/donate/ 000
Fair Food Program @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Whether or not the Fair Food Program—and its invaluable impact on the lives of workers and their families—continues to grow truly depends on people like you. Become a Fair Food Sustainer today: fairfoodprogram.org/donate/ 000
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramFast Company @fastcompany.com · 05/08/2026On certain farms across 22 states, workers will now have mandatory access to electrolytes, which can help them stay safe in dangerous extreme heat. It’s the latest rule from @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social, a partnership between growers, farmworkers, and food retailers to improve working conditions.fastcompany.comFarmworkers across 22 states will get free access to electrolytes to combat dangerous heat stressThe Fair Food Program, whose buyers include major retailers like Walmart, McDonald's, and Trader Joe's, will now mandate electrolytes for workers. 293
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramKristin Toussaint @ktoussaint.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Farmworkers have more than 35x the risk of heat-related death than workers in any other industry, but there are no federal heat protection standards. The @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social has its own—& just added a rule requiring access to electrolytes for farmworkers www.fastcompany.com/91584914/far...fastcompany.comFarmworkers across 22 states will get free access to electrolytes to combat dangerous heat stressThe Fair Food Program, whose buyers include major retailers like Walmart, McDonald's, and Trader Joe's, will now mandate electrolytes for workers. 063
Fair Food Program @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Now is the time to bring these protections to millions more workers. One-time donations make a difference. Monthly giving builds movements. Become a Fair Food Sustainer today! fairfoodprogram.org/donate/ 000
Fair Food Program @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Become a Fair Food Sustainer today! www.fairfoodprogram.org/donate/ 000
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramCoalition of Immokalee Workers @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social · 17/05/2026The landmark health study linking the Fair Food Program to healthier farmworker mothers and children continues to make waves across the nation! Check out two new articles that place the study within the broader story of the program and its remarkable evolution: ciw-online.org/blog/2026/05...ciw-online.orgFair Food Program’s transformative health impact featured in the newsNaples Daily News: What began as a fight against exploitation in Immokalee's farm fields may now be improving the health of the next generation. Presbyterian Hunger Program National Hunger Associate A... 052
Fair Food Program @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Read more about this participating grower in the Fair Food Program: “The consumer needs to get it in a timely manner,” he said. “It needs to be just dynamite. It needs not be mediocre, it needs to be downright good and delicious. That’s what I’m shooting for.” www.thefencepost.com/news/tuxedo-...thefencepost.comTuxedo cuts back sweet corn production, wants system to value workersDavid Harold grows sweet corn at Tuxedo Farms in Olathe, Colo., and he said the farm his dad, John, owns and he manages will no longer fulfill contracts with Kroger to supply sweet corn to... 041
Fair Food Program @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social · 06/05/2026pcusa.org/news-storyte... - A new article by the Presbyterian News Service / @pcusa.bsky.social takes a deep-dive into the Fair Food Program, and how its protections are helping keep farmworker mothers and infants healthypcusa.orgGiving babies a better chance at life by improving farmworker conditionsImage 042
Fair Food Program @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social · 27/04/2026A peer-reviewed study finds that infants born to farmworkers on Fair Food Program farms are 10% less likely to be born at a low birth weight. Read more: ciw-online.org/blog/2026/04... 011
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramFair Food Program @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social · 22/04/2026www.cpr.org/2026/04/16/o... "David Harold explained that... he and other local farmers formed a group called No Chico Brush, aimed at preserving water and improving soil health. The company is also part of the Fair Food Program, which supports fair wages and good work conditions for farm workers."cpr.orgOlathe sweet corn’s most famous grower scales back operationsThat family who popularized the iconic crop won’t grow for Kroger, focusing instead on direct-to-consumer sales. 38337
Fair Food Program @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social · 22/04/2026www.cpr.org/2026/04/16/o... "David Harold explained that... he and other local farmers formed a group called No Chico Brush, aimed at preserving water and improving soil health. The company is also part of the Fair Food Program, which supports fair wages and good work conditions for farm workers."cpr.orgOlathe sweet corn’s most famous grower scales back operationsThat family who popularized the iconic crop won’t grow for Kroger, focusing instead on direct-to-consumer sales. 38337
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramCoalition of Immokalee Workers @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social · 17/04/2026ciw-online.org/blog/2026/04... Read about how the CIW's internal, democratic structure has helped it to remain resilient throughout the years, and how farmworkers managed to forge the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social to safeguard their rights based on their own experiences in the fields.ciw-online.orgHow the lived experience of farmworkers shaped the Fair Food ProgramChristian Science Monitor on the Coalition of Immokalee Workers: In many ways, the coalition was built to change a culture of privilege: no singular leader, no hierarchy of moral authority, no person ... 084
Fair Food Program @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social · 07/04/2026"A peer-reviewed study finds that infants born to farmworkers on Fair Food Program farms are 10% less likely to be born at a low birth weight." Read more about the myriad benefits the Fair Food Program is bringing to thousands of farmworker families in The Packer: www.thepacker.com/news/new-res...thepacker.com 032
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramCoalition of Immokalee Workers @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social · 06/04/2026"Nely Rodríguez knows the costs of silence – and of having to endure the privileges often taken by men with power." Read about how farmworkers forged the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social in @csmonitor.bsky.social www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/...csmonitor.comCesar Chavez allegations force a reckoning: Role model, or something less?Accusations that Cesar Chavez sexually abused girls and women while he led a transformational labor movement complicate the legacy of a man hailed by millions. 063
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramCoalition of Immokalee Workers @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social · 31/03/2026The @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social is one the country’s “most robust… and protective programs” in the US, and a ‘game changer” for women farmworkers, according to the Associated Press: ciw-online.org/blog/2026/03...ciw-online.orgReflecting on power and abuse, and the need to expand the Fair Food ProgramAssociated Press: The Fair Food Program is one the country's most robust... and protective programs in the US, and a 'game changer for women farmworkers Last week, The New York Times published a devas... 072
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramCoalition of Immokalee Workers @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Have you ever dreamed of working on the cutting edge of human rights? The exponential expansion of the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social is creating new job openings! We're currently hiring for a Worker Education Coordinator. Click here to learn more: ciw-online.org/careers/ciw-online.orgCareersHave you ever dreamed of working on the cutting edge of human rights? The exponential expansion of the Fair Food Program is creating new job openings! We're hiring new staff to learn and work alongsi... 032
Fair Food Program @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Have you ever dreamed of working on the cutting edge of human rights? The exponential expansion of the Fair Food Program is creating new job openings! APPLY HERE: www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit...idealist.orgFair Food Program Worker Education Coordinator - JobCoalition of Immokalee Workers is now hiring for the position of Fair Food Program Worker Education Coordinator in Immokalee. Apply today. 011
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramCoalition of Immokalee Workers @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social · 13/03/2026ciw-online.org/blog/2026/03... @business-humanrights.org highlighting the solution: “Walmart is a member of the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social , a programme which covers farmworkers in the USA who are paid a premium to ensure a living wage.”ciw-online.orgNew global supply chain survey sounds alarm on increasing risk of forced labor, highlights need for worker-centered monitoringBusiness and Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) 2026 report outlining the problem: Across the board, companies are neglecting the most critical elements of human rights due diligence: worker-centric... 041
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramCoalition of Immokalee Workers @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social · 06/03/2026ciw-online.org/blog/2026/03... 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.socialciw-online.orgLandmark medical study finds farmworker mothers employed on Fair Food Program farms give birth to healthier babies — including a 10% reduction in low-birth-weight birthsNew 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... 041
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramCoalition of Immokalee Workers @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social · 10/02/2026ciw-online.org/blog/2026/02... 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..."ciw-online.orgCIW visits University of Michigan as national interest surges for universities to join the FFP2019 University of Michigan Advisory Committee report: “The Fair Food Program is the most comprehensive social responsibility program in the U.S. 032
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramCoalition of Immokalee Workers @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social · 22/01/2026ciw-online.org/blog/2026/01... 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.”ciw-online.orgNew book explores how the CIW and Fair Food Program have become a global inspirationWill 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... 041
Fair Food Program @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social · 30/12/2025ciw-online.org/blog/2025/12... 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. secure.everyaction.com/D4tc-88lykCf...ciw-online.orgYour donation today will help the Fair Food Program shine for all the world to see in 2026Dear 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. 021
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramCoalition of Immokalee Workers @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social · 23/12/2025In 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. DONATE TODAY: secure.everyaction.com/D4tc-88lykCf...secure.everyaction.com Make a donation to help us protect the human rights of farmworkers! 021
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramCoalition of Immokalee Workers @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social · 23/12/2025As 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. ciw-online.org/blog/2025/12...ciw-online.orgFrom 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... 183
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramMax Blau @maxblau.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Experts 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...propublica.orgFarmworkers 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. 111542
Fair Food Program @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Jon 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.” ciw-online.org/blog/2025/12...ciw-online.orgNew ProPublica Feature Article: How the Fair Food Program benefits workers and growers alikeProPublica 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 ... 162
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramCoalition of Immokalee Workers @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social · 10/12/2025secure.everyaction.com/D4tc-88lykCf... 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.secure.everyaction.com Make a donation to help us protect the human rights of farmworkers! 021
Fair Food Program @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Kick off the holiday season of giving with a gift for farmworkers’ rights! Donate today! secure.everyaction.com/D4tc-88lykCf... 053
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramCoalition of Immokalee Workers @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social · 26/11/2025ciw-online.org/blog/2025/11... 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 Sustainerciw-online.org2025: A Tale of Two ThanksgivingsThis 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... 072
Fair Food Program @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social · 13/11/2025ciw-online.org/blog/2025/11... 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.”ciw-online.orgFair Food Program adaptation in India gains steam as sugarcane workers nationwide gather to discuss WSRGanga 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... 051
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramCoalition of Immokalee Workers @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social · 09/10/2025ciw-online.org/blog/2025/10... 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! 181
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramCoalition of Immokalee Workers @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social · 30/09/2025ciw-online.org/blog/2025/09... 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...ciw-online.orgAn 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 ... 053
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramCoalition of Immokalee Workers @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social · 24/09/2025And read the second piece, which singles out the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social as the only proven solution here: www.propublica.org/article/h-2a...propublica.orgEmployers 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... 051
Fair Food Program @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social · 05/09/2025The life-saving "heat-illness protection protocol US agriculture deserves" found within the Fair Food Program are featured by Fresh Fruit Portal today. www.freshfruitportal.com/news/2025/09...freshfruitportal.comHeat-stress protection protocols for farm workers save lives in the fields - FreshFruitPortal.comIn the absence of a federally mandated heat-stress protocol, initiatives like The Fair Food Program provide protection and business-savvy options. 172
Fair Food Program @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social · 14/08/2025For 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. ciw-online.org/blog/2025/08...ciw-online.org2024 FFP “State of the Program” Report — Part 3: Understanding the FFP’s unique market-based enforcement modelFarmworker 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. 031
Fair Food Program @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Fair 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. Read more here! ciw-online.org/blog/2025/07...ciw-online.org2024 FFP “State of the Program” Report — Part 2: Measuring the Fair Food difference in the fieldsFair 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. 041
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramCoalition of Immokalee Workers @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social · 24/07/2025As 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. Read it now! ciw-online.org/blog/2025/07...ciw-online.orgRELEASED: 2024 FFP “State of the Program” Report — Part 1: How a human rights program, born in Immokalee, went globalState 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... 021
Fair Food Program @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social · 10/07/2025ciw-online.org/blog/2025/07... From everyone in the CIW and FFP, we want to congratulate @greymoran.bsky.social on their well-deserved recognition! @civileats.comciw-online.orgCivil 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. 0135
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramCoalition of Immokalee Workers @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Huge 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! 0104
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramCivil Eats @civileats.com · 15/06/2025Congratulations 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 0122
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramCoalition of Immokalee Workers @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social · 11/06/2025ciw-online.org/blog/2025/06... 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.ciw-online.orgHow the Fair Food Program guarantees unparalleled protections for farmworkersFair 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... 051
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramCoalition of Immokalee Workers @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social · 04/06/2025youtube.com/shorts/_5I17... 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/youtube.comWhy You Should Become a Fair Food SustainerYouTube video by CIWvideo 011
Fair Food Program @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social · 30/05/2025ciw-online.org/blog/2025/05... 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) experienceciw-online.orgCIW 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... 011
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramGrey Moran @greymoran.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Very honored to be a James Beard Award finalist for a story about the really incredible farmworker organizing of @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social 🎈 094
Reposted by Fair Food ProgramCoalition of Immokalee Workers @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Worker-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. 032
Fair Food Program @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Farmworker 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. 021
Fair Food Program @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social · 13/03/2025HUGE NEWS! ciw-online.org/blog/2025/03... Lucas Benitez: “We have seen firsthand the unparalleled impact of the FFP in the fields… We look forward to partnering with sugarcane workers in India to help bring that same transformation to India’s sugar industry..."ciw-online.orgFair Food Program to consult in adaptation of FFP’s proven protections to prevent brutal labor abuses exposed in Mumbai High Court, Indian press, and hard-hitting New York Times seriesChandan Kumar, India Sugar Industry Workers Association: “This partnership will help Indian producers align with global standards and respond to international calls for greater transparency and accoun... 011