Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Bring Fair Food to your campus! Calling all students, faculty, and staff of universities across the US!  Do you want to stand with farmworkers in their fight for justice in the food industry, but aren't sure how? Do you care deeply ...

Calling all university students, faculty, and staff across the US! Do you want to stand with farmworkers in their fight for justice in the food industry? Reach out to join the call for your school to be part of the solution! ciw-online.org/blog/2026/02...

The Human Cost of Houseplants: Labor Conditions of Florida’s Plant Nursery Workers | Demos Exposing the hidden labor crisis behind America's booming houseplant industry and the case for a worker-driven accountability model that's already improved conditions in other industries.

The workers that grow your house plants power a booming industry—yet many face exploitation. Change begins with The Planting Justice Campaign. Learn how your consumer power can help workers win fair pay, safe working conditions, and dignity on the job: demos.nyc/4ttVVGt

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..."

Yale students document food purchases from massive grower linked to farm labor abuse; Yale Hospitality confirms purchases, yet remains opposed to joining the Fair Food Program For more than 15 years, the industry-leading protections of the Fair Food Program have stood fast against farm labor abuses ranging from wage theft and sexual violence to dangerous working conditions,...

This stunning news comes as students with Yale’s Student/Farmworker Alliance chapter have repeatedly called on the university to join the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social

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Professor Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern's new book “goes under the hood of the Fair Food Program to tell a remarkable story of transformation and hope,” says the CIW. @cprmaxwell.bsky.social @sulernercenter.bsky.social

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.”

Preventable atrocities uncovered in India’s sugar industry underscore urgent need for WSR Indian Sugar Workers Association (ISWA) release: To remedy – and ultimately prevent – this outrageous exploitation, ISWA urgently calls on the global brands that purchase Indian sugar to engage with w...

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Indian Sugar Workers Association (ISWA) release: “To remedy – and ultimately prevent – this outrageous exploitation, ISWA urgently calls on the global brands that purchase Indian sugar to engage with workers and collaborate..."

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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Help us keep the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social on the road!

Your financial contribution today will support the purchase and maintenance of the vehicles needed to keep the Fair Food Program running — and growing — in the fields where it matters most. secure.everyaction.com/D4tc-88lykCf...

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.

As Immokalee’s only major grocery store closes its doors, prices are expected to rise. You can help the CIW respond today! In late October, the Winn-Dixie in Immokalee closed its doors. Its replacement may take six months  — or longer — to build. For the thousands of families who call Immokalee home, and whose only major ...

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There is a cruel irony in this: The very farmworkers who harvest the fruits and vegetables that feed our nation are now struggling to feed their own families.

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

Lucas Benitez, CIW Co-Founder, Turns 50, as CIW Turns 30! Thirty years ago this month, the Immokalee farmworker community -- the principal source of labor for Southwest Florida's massive agricultural industry for several decades -- came together across long-...

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30 years ago, the Immokalee farmworker community, the principal source of labor for Southwest Florida’s massive agricultural industry for several decades, came together across linguistic and cultural divisions and erupted in its first-ever general strike...

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.”

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."

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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…

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.

A Farmworkers Visa Promised Her a Better Life. It Was a Trap. Sofi left behind her child in Mexico for the promise of providing him a better life. She ended up a victim of an operation that is alleged to have exploited the H-2A visa program — and the workers it…

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.

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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...

A Farmworkers Visa Promised Her a Better Life. It Was a Trap. Sofi left behind her child in Mexico for the promise of providing him a better life. She ended up a victim of an operation that is alleged to have exploited the H-2A visa program — and the workers it ...

Read the first piece here: projects.propublica.org/h2a-visa-far...

Bombshell ProPublica investigation reveals horrifying new details on ‘Operation Blooming Onion’ — largest ever modern-slavery case, uncovered by CIW — highlights Fair Food Program as only proven solut... ProPublica: ... 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 Vid...

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“… 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.”

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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Donate to Help Support the Family of Marco Antonio Hernández Guevara, organized by Miguel Estrada Please note: Funds will be withdrawn by Zach Cole, a trusted … Miguel Estrada needs your support for Help Support the Family of Marco Antonio Hernández Guevara

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:

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