TODAY'S NEWS Author Miriam Pawel: “The strongest model for farmworkers today is in Florida, where the Coalition of Immokalee Workers has achieved major gains – not through state law but through years of patient, creative organizing that produced a framework to improve wages and working conditi...

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
August 12, 2026 at 2:25 PM

From “Ground Zero for Modern-day Slavery” to a world without victims: Help us scale the Fair Food Program

[[link removed]] [link removed] [[link removed]] CIW signs an agreement with the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange (2010), leading to the creation of the Fair Food Program ProPublica : “(T)he gold standard for preventing worker abuse is the Fair Food Program” Last week, we shared with you …
  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
August 5, 2026 at 4:16 PM

The next “Blooming Onion” could already be happening

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
July 15, 2026 at 2:12 PM

New protection against heat. New opportunity to grow Fair Food

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
July 7, 2026 at 2:21 PM

Calling all Fair Food allies: support the global growth of the Fair Food Program!

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
June 16, 2026 at 2:30 PM

UPDATE: After DOL links Kroger to yet another forced labor case, will the grocery giant ever learn the Power of Prevention?

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
May 29, 2026 at 2:26 PM

Kroger and Publix offer only silence in the face of forced labor allegations

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
May 14, 2026 at 2:32 PM

Fair Food Program’s transformative health impact featured in the news

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
May 6, 2026 at 2:47 PM

Fair Food holdouts Kroger, Publix linked to alleged labor trafficking operation in North Carolina

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
April 24, 2026 at 5:35 PM

Produce industry journal The Packer heralds the health benefits of the Fair Food Program

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
April 20, 2026 at 2:20 PM

Senator Cory Booker pens letter urging Yale University join Fair Food Program

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
April 15, 2026 at 2:15 PM

How the lived experience of farmworkers shaped the Fair Food Program

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
April 8, 2026 at 2:15 PM

Yale University students rally with the CIW, hand-deliver petition calling on university to join the FFP

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
March 30, 2026 at 4:13 PM

Reflecting on power and abuse, and the need to expand the Fair Food Program

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
March 11, 2026 at 2:18 PM

New global supply chain survey sounds alarm on increasing risk of forced labor, highlights need for worker-centered monitoring

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
March 5, 2026 at 3:14 PM

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

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
February 24, 2026 at 3:43 PM

A proven model enters a new industry: Florida plant nursery workers make case for Worker-driven Social Responsibility to end longstanding abuses

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
February 17, 2026 at 5:16 PM

Bring Fair Food to your campus!

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
February 9, 2026 at 3:13 PM

CIW visits University of Michigan as national interest surges for universities to join the FFP

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
January 27, 2026 at 3:25 PM

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

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
January 22, 2026 at 3:46 PM

New book explores how the CIW and Fair Food Program have become a global inspiration

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
January 13, 2026 at 3:18 PM

Preventable atrocities uncovered in India’s sugar industry underscore urgent need for WSR

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
December 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM

Your donation today will help the Fair Food Program shine for all the world to see in 2026

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
December 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM

From the mouths of babes: Children’s letters to the CIW, farmworkers too good not to share this holiday season!

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
December 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM

New ProPublica Feature Article: How the Fair Food Program benefits workers and growers alike

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
December 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM

As Immokalee’s only major grocery store closes its doors, prices are expected to rise. You can help the CIW respond today!

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
December 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM

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

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM

2025: A Tale of Two Thanksgivings

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
November 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM

Lucas Benitez, CIW Co-Founder, Turns 50, as CIW Turns 30!

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM

Fair Food Program adaptation in India gains steam as sugarcane workers nationwide gather to discuss WSR

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM

Yale students, in urgent op-ed, call on university to join the Fair Food Program

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
October 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM

We’d love to hear from you!

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
October 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM

A look inside the Fair Food Program in South Africa

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
September 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM

An update on Marco Guevara and his family…

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
September 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM

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 solution

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
August 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM

Marco Guevara, farmworker and beloved husband, father of three, has passed away after hospitalization with heatstroke

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
August 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM

Immokalee farmworker hospitalized, on life support after suffering heat stroke during sweltering summer

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
August 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM

2024 FFP “State of the Program” Report — Part 3: Understanding the FFP's unique market-based enforcement model

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
July 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM

2024 FFP “State of the Program” Report — Part 2: Measuring the Fair Food difference in the fields

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
July 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM

RELEASED: 2024 FFP “State of the Program” Report — Part 1: How a human rights program, born in Immokalee, went global

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
July 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM

Civil Eats’ feature article on Fair Food Program’s heat protections wins coveted James Beard Award!

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
July 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM

WSR in India: High court sides with sugar industry workers calling for sweeping changes, real human rights protections

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
June 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM

Worker-driven solutions are catching on around the world. Here’s how you can help spread the word!

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
June 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM

A tale of two worlds: The world inside the FFP’s award-winning human rights protections, and the world outside

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
June 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM

How the Fair Food Program guarantees unparalleled protections for farmworkers

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
June 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM

Why You Should Become a Fair Food Sustainer

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
May 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM

CIW spoke at Yale Architecture last month and we have the highlights (video)

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
May 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM

VIRTUAL ACTION ALERT: 5 ways to demand Wendy's join the Fair Food Program!

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
May 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM

SAVE THE DATE: MAY 20! Demand Wendy’s join the Fair Food Program

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
May 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM

Longtime CIW ally, friend Kerry Kennedy awarded the prestigious Oscar Romero Human Rights Award

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  Coalition of Immokalee Workers · [email protected]
April 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM

A reflection from a farmworker and human rights leader on the Spring of Consciousness tour

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