05-03-2014
This Wednesday, March 5, our friends at the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and their allies will embark on the ten-day, ten-city “Now is the Time” Tour to urge fast food giant Wendy’s and Florida-based grocery retailer Publix to join the Fair Food Program. Wendy’s is the last major U.S. fast food chain still holding out from joining the program, which
04-03-2014
This week, we’ve been coming across articles on food and farmworker justice in the news. Here are a few we recommend… Poultry workers and food-safety groups are fighting back against proposed new rules that could increase poultry processing line speeds by 25 percent, from 140 birds per minute to 175. The USDA’s proposed plan intensifies the already prevalent threat to
28-02-2014
05-03-2014
This Wednesday, March 5, our friends at the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and their allies will embark on the ten-day, ten-city “Now is the Time” Tour to urge fast food giant Wendy’s and Florida-based grocery retailer Publix to join the Fair Food Program. Wendy’s is the last major U.S. fast food chain still holding out from joining the program, which
04-03-2014
This week, we’ve been coming across articles on food and farmworker justice in the news. Here are a few we recommend… Poultry workers and food-safety groups are fighting back against proposed new rules that could increase poultry processing line speeds by 25 percent, from 140 birds per minute to 175. The USDA’s proposed plan intensifies the already prevalent threat to
28-02-2014