ciw-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.”

Yale Student Farmworker Alliance in Yale Daily News: "It is unacceptable that Yale backs away from fair and humane conditions in its supply chain when a program exists which can guarantee them." READ MORE: yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/11...

ciw-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!

ciw-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...

H-2A visas are certain to remain in high demand, experts say. But without reform, instances of abuse and exploitation of migrant farmworkers are likely to increase too. Here’s what experts, lawyers and advocates think would make the program safer.

In 2021, Javier Sanchez Mendoza Jr. pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in forced labor as part of a federal investigation that exposed widespread abuses of H-2A workers across Georgia. This is the story of what one of those workers endured. By @maxblau.bsky.social

ciw-online.org/blog/2025/09... “… Agents had been following leads from an anti-trafficking organization, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, that in 2015 had uncovered the abuses of harvesters at an onion farm near Vidalia. That collaboration enabled the agents to expand their investigation.”

The 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...

In the wake of this unimaginable loss, his family must now navigate the painful return of his body to Mexico and the burden of medical and legal costs. To help Mr. Guevara’s family in their time of need, we are re-sharing this fundraiser: www.gofundme.com/f/help-suppo...

Late last week, we shared the news that Immokalee-area farmworker Marco Antonio Hernández Guevara had been hospitalized after collapsing from heat stroke in Florida’s fields. Today, with heavy hearts, we share the news that Mr. Guevara passed away over the weekend. ciw-online.org/blog/2025/08...

www.gofundme.com/f/help-suppo... Marco Guevara, proud father of 3 and husband, succumbs to heat on Immokalee area farm, lies fighting for his life in Naples hospital. You can help: GoFundMe effort launched by Immokalee area pastor...

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. ciw-online.org/blog/2025/08...

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. Read more here! ciw-online.org/blog/2025/07...

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. Read it now! ciw-online.org/blog/2025/07...

ciw-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.com

ciw-online.org/blog/2025/07... The New York Times: “… [L]abor leaders are also pressuring multinational companies to join a labor-standards program modeled after the Fair Food Program, which has improved conditions for American agricultural workers.”

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!

ciw-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.

youtube.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/

ciw-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) experience

To the thousands of farmworker allies who contacted Wendy’s last week, demanding the fast-food giant finally join the Fair Food Program, thank you! Your support has been foundational to empowering tens of thousands of farmworkers across the US and beyond.

ciw-online.org/blog/2025/05... Fair Food Nation, today is the day to demand Wendy's finally do the right thing to protect farmworkers and join the Presidential Medal-winning @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social !

ciw-online.org/blog/2025/05... Calling all members of the Fair Food Nation: Mark your calendars to contact Wendy’s next Tuesday, May 20th! Demand justice for farmworkers by calling, emailing, or delivering a printed letter to Wendy’s urging the fast-food giant join the Fair Food Program!

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 🎈

ciw-online.org/blog/2025/05... It is our great pleasure to share the news that Kerry Kennedy — a longtime ally of the CIW, and of human rights defenders everywhere — has been awarded the Oscar Romero Human Rights Award by the University of Dayton’s Human Rights Center. @rfkhumanrights.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.

Silvia Perez, farmworker and CIW staff member: “All these successful campaigns to get more Participating Buyers for the Fair Food Program have only been possible with the support of students and people of faith.” Read more: ciw-online.org/blog/2025/04...

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.

ciw-online.org/blog/2025/03... This spring, in honor of National Farmworker Awareness Week, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers is embarking on the Spring of Consciousness tour across three of Florida’s biggest cities: Tampa, Miami, and Orlando!

HUGE 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.org/blog/2025/03... Lucas Benitez, @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social co-founder, on Worker-driven Social Responsibility: “How beautiful it is that we can say: here’s the formula for this medicine and you can adapt it to your reality…”

Teaching @tuftsnutrition.bsky.social students about the transformative change in agricultural working conditions driven by the #Worker-drivenSocialResponsibility model of the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social with a visit to the @immokaleeworkers.bsky.social now.tufts.edu/2025/02/28/v...

For today's media round-up, we're excited to share an excerpt from the new book published by @bittersouth.bsky.social, on the CIW and @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social, as well as a new Welcome to Florida episode w/ CIW co-founder Greg Asbed ciw-online.org/blog/2025/02...

The CIW's own Gerardo Reyes Chavez, speaking w/ @foodtank.bsky.social on the transformative power of the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social

In industries around the US and the rest of the world, worker and human rights organizations are increasingly looking to Worker-driven Social Responsibility in order to safeguard the dignity of low-wage workers @migrantjustice.bsky.social ciw-online.org/blog/2025/02...

Decades-long relationship began in 1997 with the former President’s public intervention in the CIW’s month-long hunger strike, continued through birth of @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social and growth of WSR model, carried over into support for CIW’s anti-slavery efforts ciw-online.org/blog/2025/01...

ciw-online.org/blog/2025/01... Check out excerpts from author Alice Driver's compelling new book on how poultry workers in Arkansas are organizing for a Worker-driven Social Responsibility program in their industry, inspired by the CIW's @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social.

"Forced labour cannot be resolved without the active participation of workers... Among the most successful are those structured around binding agreements, most notably that within the Fair Food Program, which resolved forced labour among farmworkers in the US." - www.weforum.org/stories/2025...

www.ajc.com/opinion/opin... A new commentary is out in the Atlanta Journal Constitution on the pivotal role former President Jimmy Carter played in transforming FL agriculture by supporting farmworkers' rights with the CIW.

Thanks to your generosity, the Fair Food Program has met its ambitious 2024 campaign goal of raising $2 million! Read more: ciw-online.org/blog/2025/01...

24 hours left to donate to the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social in 2024, can you help us reach our goal? We have raised $1,850,000 and we need just $150K more from Fair Food Program supporters to reach our $2 million goal! Every gift made now will be matched 100% secure.everyaction.com/30dQhLY6KEe-...

Fair Food Nation, it is not too late! There is still time to make your contribution to the globally recognized and award winning Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ Fair Food Program. secure.everyaction.com/30dQhLY6KEe-...

With your support, we can bring hope to farmworker and consumer communities across the country in the year ahead, rallying ever more allies to the cause of Fair Food, and expanding the Fair Food Program by popular demand in the process. Donate today! secure.everyaction.com/30dQhLY6KEe-...

Please consider donating to the Fair Food Program today, or any time between now and December 31st, when your donation will have double the impact and together we can grow the Campaign for Fair Food click.everyaction.com/k/98995914/5...

This year saw the greatest expansion ever of the fast-growing Fair Food Program, as well as the broader Worker-driven Social Responsibility (WSR) model pioneered by the CIW’s FFP. But now more than ever, we need your help to continue to fuel expansion. Donate to the FFP today! bit.ly/CIWEOY2024

To ensure the safety and wellbeing of all farmworkers on Fair Food farms, the FFP's market-backed standards protect against the harsh working conditions of toiling in the fields. Donate to the Fair Food Program today! secure.everyaction.com/30dQhLY6KEe-...

For International Human Rights Day, let’s take a moment to remember the farmworkers for whom the idea of basic human rights remains a distant dream. Your gift this season to the Fair Food Program will help us continue to expand its protections where they are desperately needed. bit.ly/CIWEOY2024