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Food Workers

To establish ‘integrity,’ Chipotle Grill needs to stand against farmworker abuse

By Sean Sellers
Posted September 14, 2010

While Chipotle has instituted bold policies to promote animal welfare in its supply chain as well as to bolster sustainability, it has refused to throw its full weight behind the movement to end forced labor in our agricultural fields.

Six Farm Labor Recruiters Charged in Largest Human Trafficking Case in US History

Posted September 3, 2010

Recipe for Slavery: Take US farm labor relations, add "guestworker" visas, and voila... Forced labor!

Sodexo signs Fair Food agreement with CIW

Posted August 24, 2010

Sodexo announced today that the company has signed an agreement to work with the CIW to improve wages and working conditions in the fields of its Florida tomato suppliers.

CIW Anti-Slavery Work Recognized by Secretary Clinton

Posted June 15, 2010

The CIW was recognized by the U.S. State Department Monday for its extraordinary commitment and leadership in the fight against slavery.

CIW and Sean Sellers March to Publix Headquarters

By Mark Muller
Posted April 21, 2010

Over the past month, fellow Sean Sellers and the Coalition of Imamokalee Workers have raised an enormous amount of attention to a food system issue often ignored - the conditions and pay for farm workers.

Slave Labor in Your Tomato? On the Road with the CIW Modern Slavery Museum

Posted March 22, 2010

Sean Sellers is on the road with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers as part of a Florida Modern-Day Slavery Museum traveling across the state.

Friends Don't Let Friends Exploit Farm Labor

By Mark Muller
Posted January 19, 2010

'Time' Forgot about Farmworkers

Posted September 28, 2009

Fair food tastes better!

By Sean Sellers
Posted September 8, 2009

Help secure dignity and fair wages for Florida farmworkers.

Farmworker wages are still the issue

Posted April 23, 2009

Meet the Fellows

Valerie Segrest

Valerie Segrest, a member of the Muckleshoot Tribe, works as a Community Nutritionist to create a culturally appropriate system of health through traditional foods and medicines.

Ideas in focus

Cultivating Leadership and Equity in the Food Movement

April 2013

The IATP Food and Community Fellows Program is coming to an end, but it's springtime for our work growing equity in the food system and cultivating diverse leadership in the movement.

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