Campaign for Tobacco Farm Worker Justice Heats Up
For almost 7 years, the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), faith leaders and other community activists have called on Reynolds American to addres... Read More »
Stand Up for Responsibly Grown Food with EFI
A Message From the Equitable Food Initiative: Soon, a new certification system will assure that American farms meet rigorous safety standards and tre... Read More »
Tags: EFI, Equitable Food Initiative, NFWM
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¡Que viva FLOC! Justice for tobacco farm workers
On Tuesday, May 6, I piled into a van with several other fellow YAYAs and embarked on a road trip to Greensboro, NC. The purpose of this trip was to s... Read More »
Tags: Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Farm Workers, FLOC, North Carolina, Reynolds Tobacco
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CIW Takes on Royal Ahold at Annual Meeting
Supermarket giants across the country have signed on to the Fair Food Program with Florida based farm worker group Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers
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CIW Takes on Royal Ahold at Annual Meeting
Supermarket giants across the country have signed on to the Fair Food ... Read More »
Tags: CIW, Fair Food Program, NFWM
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Hold Walmart Accountable for Prima Brand Products
A message from the United Farm Workers: Retailers and growers want us to believe that they're doing right by the environment and workers. Gerawan F... Read More »
Alliance of Baptists Unanimously Pass Resolution Supporting FLOC
At the 2014 Alliance of Baptists' Annual Gathering in Portland, Maine the below resolution supporting the Farm Labor Organizing Committee's Reynold... Read More »
Tags: Alliance of Baptists, FLOC, NFWM
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Fighting For Food Sovereignty in Fellsmere
I still remember my first trip to the Fellsmere Community Garden. Yolanda, one of the members of the Farm Worker Association of Florida who plays an i... Read More »
Tags: Community Garden, Farm Workers, Florida
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California Farm Workers and Faith Leaders March for Immigration Reform
Led by the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, over 1000 farm workers, faith leaders, activists and students marched to Congressman Kevin McCarthy’s off... Read More »
Tags: CIR, NFWM, UFW, UFW Foundation
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2014 Earth Day
On Saturday, April 19th, 2014, I along with two other YAYAs attended and tabled at Central Florida’s Earth Day event at Lake Eola. The event began a... Read More »
Tags: Earth Day, Farm Workers
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