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The Fair Food Program is a worker-driven, market-enforced human rights program in agriculture forged by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and monitored by the Fair Food Standards Council
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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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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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December 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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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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Make a donation to help us protect the human rights of farmworkers!
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December 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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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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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...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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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.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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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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 ...
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December 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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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.
Make a donation to help us protect the human rights of farmworkers!
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December 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Kick off the holiday season of giving with a gift for farmworkers’ rights!

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December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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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
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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November 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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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.”
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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November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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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!
October 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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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...
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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September 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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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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.
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September 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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.

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2024 FFP “State of the Program” Report — Part 3: Understanding the FFP’s unique market-based enforcement model
Farmworker on an FFP participating farm: “More important than the money, which I need, was the feeling of dignity when my labor – the buckets I harvested – was recognized.
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August 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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.

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2024 FFP “State of the Program” Report — Part 2: Measuring the Fair Food difference in the fields
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.
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August 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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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...
RELEASED: 2024 FFP “State of the Program” Report — Part 1: How a human rights program, born in Immokalee, went global
State of the Program report: Now, fourteen years since its inception, the FFP has entered into a phase of truly dramatic expansion: During 2024 and 2025, the Program’s protections will reach thousands...
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July 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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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!
June 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Congratulations to former Staff Reporter @greymoran.bsky.social‬, who received a James Beard Foundation Media Award for excellence in Health and Wellness for their Civil Eats reporting on the @fairfoodprogram.bsky.social‬. #JBFA 🎉

Read Moran’s award-winning story. ➡️ buff.ly/RAf1W8D
June 15, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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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.
How the Fair Food Program guarantees unparalleled protections for farmworkers
Fair Food Program Sustainer Drive, Week 2: 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...
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June 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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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.

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Why You Should Become a Fair Food Sustainer
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June 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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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
CIW spoke at Yale Architecture last month and we have the highlights (video)
Yale University’s School of Architecture holds powerful conference on forced labor in the built environment and invited the Fair Food Program to share its insights from the Worker-driven Social Respon...
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May 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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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 🎈
Nominated for the Category of Health and Wellness is former Staff Reporter @greymoran.bsky.social for their story on the Fair Food Program, which offers the strongest, legally binding protocols to keep farmworkers safe when politicians fall short.
Florida Banned Heat Protections. This Partnership Offers a Solution.
In this week’s Field Report, the Fair Food Program's legally binding protocols for worker safety, plus new organic standards and increasing access to farm loans.
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May 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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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.
April 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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.
April 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM