This week, our friends at the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and their allies are commemorating Wendy's annual Founder’s Week (November 11-17) – but with a bit of a twist from how the pigtailed fast food chain is celebrating the week itself. Wendy’s remains the last major US fast food chain still holding out from joining the groundbreaking Fair Food Program, which guarantees human rights and a fair wage to farmworkers in Florida’s tomato industry. “As Wendy’s
11-11-2013
This spotlight is a feature in a series of the USDA Community Food Project Competitive Grant Program (CFP). Grantees are doing some of the most innovative and collaborative projects to change local and regional food systems. WhyHunger’s Food Security Learning Center — also funded by a CFP grant — is profiling these organizations through dynamic stories and pictures, to give a real flavor of what the
01-11-2013
This week, our friends at the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and their allies are commemorating Wendy's annual Founder’s Week (November 11-17) – but with a bit of a twist from how the pigtailed fast food chain is celebrating the week itself. Wendy’s remains the last major US fast food chain still holding out from joining the groundbreaking Fair Food Program, which guarantees human rights and a fair wage to farmworkers in Florida’s tomato industry. “As Wendy’s
11-11-2013
This spotlight is a feature in a series of the USDA Community Food Project Competitive Grant Program (CFP). Grantees are doing some of the most innovative and collaborative projects to change local and regional food systems. WhyHunger’s Food Security Learning Center — also funded by a CFP grant — is profiling these organizations through dynamic stories and pictures, to give a real flavor of what the
01-11-2013